; Options for the Fortran front end.
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Language
Fortran
-all-warnings
Fortran Alias(Wall)
-assert
Fortran Separate Alias(A)
-assert=
Fortran Joined Alias(A)
-comments
Fortran Alias(C)
-comments-in-macros
Fortran Alias(CC)
-define-macro
Fortran Separate Alias(D)
-define-macro=
Fortran Joined Alias(D)
-dependencies
Fortran Alias(M)
-dump
Fortran Separate Alias(d)
-dump=
Fortran Joined Alias(d)
-include-barrier
Fortran Alias(I, -)
-include-directory
Fortran Separate Alias(I)
-include-directory=
Fortran Joined Alias(I)
-include-directory-after
Fortran Separate Alias(idirafter)
-include-directory-after=
Fortran Joined Alias(idirafter)
-include-prefix
Fortran Separate Alias(iprefix)
-include-prefix=
Fortran JoinedOrMissing Alias(iprefix)
-no-line-commands
Fortran Alias(P)
-no-standard-includes
Fortran Alias(nostdinc)
-output
Fortran Separate Alias(o)
-output=
Fortran Joined Alias(o)
-preprocess
Fortran Undocumented Alias(E)
-print-missing-file-dependencies
Fortran Alias(MG)
-trace-includes
Fortran Alias(H)
-undefine-macro
Fortran Separate Alias(U)
-undefine-macro=
Fortran Joined Alias(U)
-user-dependencies
Fortran Alias(MM)
-verbose
Fortran Alias(v)
-write-dependencies
Fortran NoDriverArg Separate Alias(MD)
-write-user-dependencies
Fortran NoDriverArg Separate Alias(MMD)
A
Fortran Joined Separate
; Documented in C
C
Fortran
; Documented in C
CC
Fortran
; Documented in C
D
Fortran Joined Separate
; Documented in C
E
Fortran Undocumented
H
Fortran
; Documented in C
I
Fortran Joined Separate
; Documented in C
J
Fortran Joined Separate
-J Put MODULE files in 'directory'.
M
Fortran
; Documented in C
MD
Fortran Separate NoDriverArg
; Documented in C
MF
Fortran Joined Separate
; Documented in C
MG
Fortran
; Documented in C
MM
Fortran
; Documented in C
MMD
Fortran Separate NoDriverArg
; Documented in C
MP
Fortran
; Documented in C
MT
Fortran Joined Separate
; Documented in C
MQ
Fortran Joined Separate
; Documented in C
P
Fortran
; Documented in C
U
Fortran Joined Separate
; Documented in C
Wall
Fortran
; Documented in C
Waliasing
Fortran Warning Var(warn_aliasing) LangEnabledBy(Fortran,Wall)
Warn about possible aliasing of dummy arguments.
Walign-commons
Fortran Warning Var(warn_align_commons) Init(1)
Warn about alignment of COMMON blocks.
Wampersand
Fortran Warning Var(warn_ampersand) LangEnabledBy(Fortran,Wall || Wpedantic)
Warn about missing ampersand in continued character constants.
Warray-temporaries
Fortran Warning Var(warn_array_temporaries)
Warn about creation of array temporaries.
Wargument-mismatch
Fortran WarnRemoved
Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
Wc-binding-type
Fortran Var(warn_c_binding_type) Warning LangEnabledBy(Fortran,Wall)
Warn if the type of a variable might be not interoperable with C.
Wdate-time
Fortran
; Documented in C
Wcharacter-truncation
Fortran Var(warn_character_truncation) Warning LangEnabledBy(Fortran,Wall)
Warn about truncated character expressions.
Wcompare-reals
Fortran Warning Var(warn_compare_reals) LangEnabledBy(Fortran,Wextra)
Warn about equality comparisons involving REAL or COMPLEX expressions.
Wconversion
Fortran Var(warn_conversion) Warning LangEnabledBy(Fortran,Wall)
; Documented in C
Wconversion-extra
Fortran Var(warn_conversion_extra) Warning
Warn about most implicit conversions.
Wdo-subscript
Fortran Var(warn_do_subscript) Warning LangEnabledBy(Fortran,Wextra)
Warn about possibly incorrect subscripts in do loops.
Wextra
Fortran Warning
; Documented in common
Wfrontend-loop-interchange
Fortran Var(flag_warn_frontend_loop_interchange)
Warn if loops have been interchanged.
Wfunction-elimination
Fortran Warning Var(warn_function_elimination) LangEnabledBy(Fortran,Wextra)
Warn about function call elimination.
Wimplicit-interface
Fortran Warning Var(warn_implicit_interface)
Warn about calls with implicit interface.
Wimplicit-procedure
Fortran Warning Var(warn_implicit_procedure)
Warn about called procedures not explicitly declared.
Winteger-division
Fortran Warning Var(warn_integer_division) LangEnabledBy(Fortran,Wall)
Warn about constant integer divisions with truncated results.
Wline-truncation
Fortran Warning Var(warn_line_truncation) LangEnabledBy(Fortran,Wall) Init(-1)
Warn about truncated source lines.
Wintrinsics-std
Fortran Var(warn_intrinsics_std) Warning LangEnabledBy(Fortran,Wall)
Warn on intrinsics not part of the selected standard.
Wmaybe-uninitialized
Fortran LangEnabledBy(Fortran,Wall)
; Documented in common.opt
Wmissing-include-dirs
Fortran
; Documented in C/C++
Wuse-without-only
Fortran Var(warn_use_without_only) Warning
Warn about USE statements that have no ONLY qualifier.
Wopenacc-parallelism
Fortran
; Documented in C
Wopenmp
Fortran
; Documented in C
Wopenmp-simd
Fortran
; Documented in C
Woverwrite-recursive
Fortran Warning Var(warn_overwrite_recursive) Init(1)
Warn that -fno-automatic may break recursion.
Wpedantic
Fortran
; Documented in common.opt
Wreal-q-constant
Fortran Warning Var(warn_real_q_constant) LangEnabledBy(Fortran,Wall)
Warn about real-literal-constants with 'q' exponent-letter.
Wrealloc-lhs
Fortran Warning Var(warn_realloc_lhs) LangEnabledBy(Fortran,Wrealloc-lhs-all)
Warn when a left-hand-side array variable is reallocated.
Wrealloc-lhs-all
Fortran Warning Var(warn_realloc_lhs_all)
Warn when a left-hand-side variable is reallocated.
Wtarget-lifetime
Fortran Warning Var(warn_target_lifetime) LangEnabledBy(Fortran,Wall)
Warn if the pointer in a pointer assignment might outlive its target.
Wreturn-type
Fortran Warning LangEnabledBy(Fortran,Wall)
; Documented in C
Wsurprising
Fortran Warning Var(warn_surprising) LangEnabledBy(Fortran,Wall)
Warn about \"suspicious\" constructs.
Wtabs
Fortran Warning Var(warn_tabs) LangEnabledBy(Fortran,Wall || Wpedantic)
Permit nonconforming uses of the tab character.
Wundefined-do-loop
Fortran Warning Var(warn_undefined_do_loop) LangEnabledBy(Fortran,Wall)
Warn about an invalid DO loop.
Wunderflow
Fortran Warning Var(warn_underflow) Init(1)
Warn about underflow of numerical constant expressions.
Wuninitialized
Fortran LangEnabledBy(Fortran,Wall)
; Documented in common.opt
Wintrinsic-shadow
Fortran Warning Var(warn_intrinsic_shadow) LangEnabledBy(Fortran,Wall)
Warn if a user-procedure has the same name as an intrinsic.
Wunused
LangEnabledBy(Fortran,Wall)
; Documented in common.opt
Wunused-dummy-argument
Fortran Warning Var(warn_unused_dummy_argument) LangEnabledBy(Fortran,Wall)
Warn about unused dummy arguments.
Wzerotrip
Fortran Warning Var(warn_zerotrip) LangEnabledBy(Fortran,Wall)
Warn about zero-trip DO loops.
cpp
Fortran Negative(nocpp)
Enable preprocessing.
cpp=
Fortran Joined Negative(nocpp) Undocumented NoDWARFRecord
; Internal option generated by specs from -cpp.
nocpp
Fortran Negative(cpp)
Disable preprocessing.
d
Fortran Joined
; Documented in common.opt
fallow-argument-mismatch
Fortran Var(flag_allow_argument_mismatch) LangEnabledBy(Fortran,std=legacy)
Accept argument mismatches in procedure calls.
faggressive-function-elimination
Fortran Var(flag_aggressive_function_elimination)
Eliminate multiple function invocations also for impure functions.
falign-commons
Fortran Var(flag_align_commons) Init(1)
Enable alignment of COMMON blocks.
fall-intrinsics
Fortran RejectNegative Var(flag_all_intrinsics)
All intrinsics procedures are available regardless of selected standard.
fallow-invalid-boz
Fortran RejectNegative Var(flag_allow_invalid_boz)
Allow a BOZ literal constant to appear in an invalid context and with X instead of Z.
fallow-leading-underscore
Fortran Undocumented Var(flag_allow_leading_underscore)
; For internal use only: allow the first character of symbol names to be an underscore
fautomatic
Fortran Var(flag_automatic) Init(1)
Do not treat local variables and COMMON blocks as if they were named in SAVE statements.
fbackslash
Fortran Var(flag_backslash)
Specify that backslash in string introduces an escape character.
fbacktrace
Fortran Var(flag_backtrace) Init(1)
Produce a backtrace when a runtime error is encountered.
fblas-matmul-limit=
Fortran RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(flag_blas_matmul_limit) Init(30)
-fblas-matmul-limit= Size of the smallest matrix for which matmul will use BLAS.
fbuilding-libgfortran
Fortran Undocumented Var(flag_building_libgfortran)
fbuiltin-
Fortran Joined
; Documented in C
fcheck-array-temporaries
Fortran
Produce a warning at runtime if a array temporary has been created for a procedure argument.
fconvert=
Fortran RejectNegative Joined Enum(gfc_convert) EnumSet Var(flag_convert) Init(GFC_FLAG_CONVERT_NATIVE)
-fconvert= The endianness used for unformatted files.
Enum
Name(gfc_convert) Type(enum gfc_convert) UnknownError(Unrecognized option to endianness value: %qs)
EnumValue
Enum(gfc_convert) String(big-endian) Value(GFC_FLAG_CONVERT_BIG) Set(1)
EnumValue
Enum(gfc_convert) String(little-endian) Value(GFC_FLAG_CONVERT_LITTLE) Set(1)
EnumValue
Enum(gfc_convert) String(native) Value(GFC_FLAG_CONVERT_NATIVE) Set(1)
EnumValue
Enum(gfc_convert) String(swap) Value(GFC_FLAG_CONVERT_SWAP) Set(1)
EnumValue
Enum(gfc_convert) String(r16_ieee) Value(GFC_FLAG_CONVERT_R16_IEEE) Set(2)
EnumValue
Enum(gfc_convert) String(r16_ibm) Value(GFC_FLAG_CONVERT_R16_IBM) Set(2)
fcray-pointer
Fortran Var(flag_cray_pointer)
Use the Cray Pointer extension.
fc-prototypes
Fortran Var(flag_c_prototypes)
Generate C prototypes from BIND(C) declarations.
fc-prototypes-external
Fortran Var(flag_c_prototypes_external)
Generate C prototypes from non-BIND(C) external procedure definitions.
fd-lines-as-code
Fortran RejectNegative
Ignore 'D' in column one in fixed form.
fd-lines-as-comments
Fortran RejectNegative
Treat lines with 'D' in column one as comments.
fdebug-aux-vars
Fortran Var(flag_debug_aux_vars)
Issue debug information for compiler-generated auxiliary variables.
fdec
Fortran Var(flag_dec)
Enable all DEC language extensions.
fdec-blank-format-item
Fortran Var(flag_dec_blank_format_item)
Enable the use of blank format items in format strings.
fdec-char-conversions
Fortran Var(flag_dec_char_conversions)
Enable the use of character literals in assignments and data statements
for non-character variables.
fdec-include
Fortran Var(flag_dec_include)
Enable legacy parsing of INCLUDE as statement.
fdec-format-defaults
Fortran Var(flag_dec_format_defaults)
Enable default widths for i, f and g format specifiers.
fdec-intrinsic-ints
Fortran Var(flag_dec_intrinsic_ints)
Enable kind-specific variants of integer intrinsic functions.
fdec-math
Fortran Var(flag_dec_math)
Enable legacy math intrinsics for compatibility.
fdec-structure
Fortran Var(flag_dec_structure)
Enable support for DEC STRUCTURE/RECORD.
fdec-static
Fortran Var(flag_dec_static)
Enable DEC-style STATIC and AUTOMATIC attributes.
fdefault-double-8
Fortran Var(flag_default_double)
Set the default double precision kind to an 8 byte wide type.
fdefault-integer-8
Fortran Var(flag_default_integer)
Set the default integer kind to an 8 byte wide type.
fdefault-real-8
Fortran Var(flag_default_real_8)
Set the default real kind to an 8 byte wide type.
fdefault-real-10
Fortran Var(flag_default_real_10)
Set the default real kind to an 10 byte wide type.
fdefault-real-16
Fortran Var(flag_default_real_16)
Set the default real kind to an 16 byte wide type.
fdollar-ok
Fortran Var(flag_dollar_ok)
Allow dollar signs in entity names.
fdump-core
Fortran Ignore
Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
fdump-fortran-original
Fortran Var(flag_dump_fortran_original)
Display the code tree after parsing.
fdump-fortran-optimized
Fortran Var(flag_dump_fortran_optimized)
Display the code tree after front end optimization.
fdump-fortran-global
Fortran Var(flag_dump_fortran_global)
Display the global symbol table after parsing.
fdump-parse-tree
Fortran Alias(fdump-fortran-original)
Display the code tree after parsing; deprecated option.
fexternal-blas
Fortran Var(flag_external_blas)
Specify that an external BLAS library should be used for matmul calls on large-size arrays.
ff2c
Fortran Var(flag_f2c)
Use f2c calling convention.
ffixed-form
Fortran RejectNegative
Assume that the source file is fixed form.
ftest-forall-temp
Fortran Var(flag_test_forall_temp) Init(0)
Force creation of temporary to test infrequently-executed forall code.
finteger-4-integer-8
Fortran RejectNegative Var(flag_integer4_kind,8)
Interpret any INTEGER(4) as an INTEGER(8).
fintrinsic-modules-path
Fortran RejectNegative Separate
Specify where to find the compiled intrinsic modules.
fintrinsic-modules-path=
Fortran RejectNegative Joined
Specify where to find the compiled intrinsic modules.
ffixed-line-length-none
Fortran RejectNegative Var(flag_fixed_line_length,0)
Allow arbitrary character line width in fixed mode.
ffixed-line-length-
Fortran RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(flag_fixed_line_length) Init(72)
-ffixed-line-length- Use n as character line width in fixed mode.
fpad-source
Fortran Var(flag_pad_source) Init(1)
Pad shorter fixed form lines to line width with spaces.
ffpe-trap=
Fortran RejectNegative JoinedOrMissing
-ffpe-trap=[...] Stop on following floating point exceptions.
ffpe-summary=
Fortran RejectNegative JoinedOrMissing
-ffpe-summary=[...] Print summary of floating point exceptions.
ffree-form
Fortran RejectNegative
Assume that the source file is free form.
ffree-line-length-none
Fortran RejectNegative Var(flag_free_line_length,0)
Allow arbitrary character line width in free mode.
ffree-line-length-
Fortran RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(flag_free_line_length) Init(132)
-ffree-line-length- Use n as character line width in free mode.
ffrontend-loop-interchange
Fortran Var(flag_frontend_loop_interchange) Init(-1)
Try to interchange loops if profitable.
ffrontend-optimize
Fortran Var(flag_frontend_optimize) Init(-1)
Enable front end optimization.
fimplicit-none
Fortran Var(flag_implicit_none)
Specify that no implicit typing is allowed, unless overridden by explicit IMPLICIT statements.
finit-character=
Fortran RejectNegative Joined UInteger
-finit-character= Initialize local character variables to ASCII value n.
finit-derived
Fortran Var(flag_init_derived)
Initialize components of derived type variables according to other init flags.
finit-integer=
Fortran RejectNegative Joined
-finit-integer= Initialize local integer variables to n.
finit-local-zero
Fortran
Initialize local variables to zero (from g77).
finit-logical=
Fortran RejectNegative Joined
-finit-logical= Initialize local logical variables.
finit-real=
Fortran RejectNegative ToLower Joined Enum(gfc_init_local_real) Var(flag_init_real) Init(GFC_INIT_REAL_OFF)
-finit-real= Initialize local real variables.
Enum
Name(gfc_init_local_real) Type(enum gfc_init_local_real) UnknownError(Unrecognized option to floating-point init value: %qs)
EnumValue
Enum(gfc_init_local_real) String(zero) Value(GFC_INIT_REAL_ZERO)
EnumValue
Enum(gfc_init_local_real) String(snan) Value(GFC_INIT_REAL_SNAN)
EnumValue
Enum(gfc_init_local_real) String(nan) Value(GFC_INIT_REAL_NAN)
EnumValue
Enum(gfc_init_local_real) String(inf) Value(GFC_INIT_REAL_INF)
EnumValue
Enum(gfc_init_local_real) String(-inf) Value(GFC_INIT_REAL_NEG_INF)
finline-arg-packing
Fortran Var(flag_inline_arg_packing) Init(-1)
-finline-arg-packing Perform argument packing inline.
finline-matmul-limit=
Fortran RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(flag_inline_matmul_limit) Init(-1)
-finline-matmul-limit= Specify the size of the largest matrix for which matmul will be inlined.
fmax-array-constructor=
Fortran RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(flag_max_array_constructor) Init(65535)
-fmax-array-constructor= Maximum number of objects in an array constructor.
fmax-identifier-length=
Fortran RejectNegative Joined UInteger
-fmax-identifier-length= Maximum identifier length.
fmax-subrecord-length=
Fortran RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(flag_max_subrecord_length)
-fmax-subrecord-length= Maximum length for subrecords.
fmax-stack-var-size=
Fortran RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(flag_max_stack_var_size) Init(-2)
-fmax-stack-var-size= Size in bytes of the largest array that will be put on the stack.
fstack-arrays
Fortran Var(flag_stack_arrays) Init(-1)
Put all local arrays on stack.
fmodule-private
Fortran Var(flag_module_private)
Set default accessibility of module entities to PRIVATE.
fopenacc
Fortran LTO
; Documented in C
fopenacc-dim=
Fortran LTO Joined Var(flag_openacc_dims)
; Documented in C
fopenmp
Fortran LTO
; Documented in C
fopenmp-simd
Fortran
; Documented in C
fopenmp-allocators
Fortran Var(flag_openmp_allocators)
Handle OpenMP allocators for allocatables and pointers.
fpack-derived
Fortran Var(flag_pack_derived)
Try to lay out derived types as compactly as possible.
fpreprocessed
Fortran
; Documented in C
fprotect-parens
Fortran Var(flag_protect_parens) Init(-1)
Protect parentheses in expressions.
fpre-include=
Fortran RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_pre_include) Undocumented
Path to header file that should be pre-included before each compilation unit.
frange-check
Fortran Var(flag_range_check) Init(1)
Enable range checking during compilation.
freal-4-real-8
Fortran RejectNegative Var(flag_real4_kind,8)
Interpret any REAL(4) as a REAL(8).
freal-4-real-10
Fortran RejectNegative Var(flag_real4_kind,10)
Interpret any REAL(4) as a REAL(10).
freal-4-real-16
Fortran RejectNegative Var(flag_real4_kind,16)
Interpret any REAL(4) as a REAL(16).
freal-8-real-4
Fortran RejectNegative Var(flag_real8_kind,4)
Interpret any REAL(8) as a REAL(4).
freal-8-real-10
Fortran RejectNegative Var(flag_real8_kind,10)
Interpret any REAL(8) as a REAL(10).
freal-8-real-16
Fortran RejectNegative Var(flag_real8_kind,16)
Interpret any REAL(8) as a REAL(16).
frealloc-lhs
Fortran Var(flag_realloc_lhs) Init(-1)
Reallocate the LHS in assignments.
frecord-marker=4
Fortran RejectNegative Var(flag_record_marker,4)
Use a 4-byte record marker for unformatted files.
frecord-marker=8
Fortran RejectNegative Var(flag_record_marker,8)
Use an 8-byte record marker for unformatted files.
frecursive
Fortran Var(flag_recursive)
Allocate local variables on the stack to allow indirect recursion.
frepack-arrays
Fortran Var(flag_repack_arrays)
Copy array sections into a contiguous block on procedure entry.
fcoarray=
Fortran RejectNegative Joined Enum(gfc_fcoarray) Var(flag_coarray) Init(GFC_FCOARRAY_NONE)
-fcoarray= Specify which coarray parallelization should be used.
Enum
Name(gfc_fcoarray) Type(enum gfc_fcoarray) UnknownError(Unrecognized option: %qs)
EnumValue
Enum(gfc_fcoarray) String(none) Value(GFC_FCOARRAY_NONE)
EnumValue
Enum(gfc_fcoarray) String(single) Value(GFC_FCOARRAY_SINGLE)
EnumValue
Enum(gfc_fcoarray) String(lib) Value(GFC_FCOARRAY_LIB)
fcheck=
Fortran RejectNegative JoinedOrMissing
-fcheck=[...] Specify which runtime checks are to be performed.
fsecond-underscore
Fortran Var(flag_second_underscore) Init(-1)
Append a second underscore if the name already contains an underscore.
fshort-enums
Fortran Var(flag_short_enums)
; Documented in C
fsign-zero
Fortran Var(flag_sign_zero) Init(1)
Apply negative sign to zero values.
ftail-call-workaround
Fortran Alias(ftail-call-workaround=,1,0)
ftail-call-workaround=
Fortran RejectNegative Joined UInteger IntegerRange(0, 2) Var(flag_tail_call_workaround) Init(1)
Disallow tail call optimization when a calling routine may have omitted character lengths.
funderscoring
Fortran Var(flag_underscoring) Init(1)
Append underscores to externally visible names.
fwhole-file
Fortran Ignore
Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
fworking-directory
Fortran
; Documented in C
idirafter
Fortran Joined Separate
; Documented in C
imultilib
Fortran Joined Separate
; Documented in C
iprefix
Fortran Joined Separate
; Documented in C
iquote
Fortran Joined Separate
; Documented in C
isysroot
Fortran Joined Separate
; Documented in C
isystem
Fortran Joined Separate
; Documented in C
nostdinc
Fortran
; Documented in C
o
Fortran Joined Separate
; Documented in common.opt
static-libgfortran
Driver
Statically link the GNU Fortran helper library (libgfortran).
static-libquadmath
Driver
Statically link the GCC Quad-Precision Math Library (libquadmath).
std=f2003
Fortran
Conform to the ISO Fortran 2003 standard.
std=f2008
Fortran
Conform to the ISO Fortran 2008 standard.
std=f2008ts
Fortran
Conform to the ISO Fortran 2008 standard including TS 29113.
std=f2018
Fortran
Conform to the ISO Fortran 2018 standard.
std=f2023
Fortran
Conform to the ISO Fortran 2023 standard.
std=f95
Fortran
Conform to the ISO Fortran 95 standard.
std=gnu
Fortran
Conform to nothing in particular.
std=legacy
Fortran
Accept extensions to support legacy code.
undef
Fortran
; Documented in C
v
Fortran
; Documented in C
; This comment is to ensure we retain the blank line above.