4.6.5 Options for Debugging

The options shown in the table below control the debugging output produced by the compiler and are discussed in the sections that follow.

Table 4-22. Debugging Options
Option

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Controls
-f[no-]instrument-functions Instrumentation of the generated output to provide function profiling information.
-gformat The type of debugging information generated.
-mchp-stack-usage The generation of stack usage information and warnings
-mcodecov=memory Instrumentation of the generated output to provide code coverage information.
-save-temps Whether intermediate files should be kept after compilation.