5.7.6 Options for Debugging

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

Table 5-14. Debugging Options
Option (links to explanatory section)	Definition
`-dA`	Add extra debug information to generated assembly
`-fdiagnostics-show-caret`	Controls information shown in diagnostics
`-f[no-]eliminate-unused-debug-symbols`	Eliminate debug information associated with any C/C++ symbol that has not been used in the program.
`-fframe-base-loclist`	Include a frame-base location list in debugging information.
`-g`	Produce debugging information.
`-mno-info-linker`	Suppresses some linker advisory messages
`-Q`	Print function names and statistics from each pass.
`-save-temps[=dir]`	Don’t delete intermediate files.