optimize

Specifies optimizations to be performed on a function-by-function basis.

#pragma optimize( "[optimization-list]", {on | off} )

Remarks

The optimize pragma must appear outside a function and takes effect at the first function defined after the pragma is seen. The on and off arguments turn options specified in the optimization-list on or off.

The optimization-list can be zero or more of the parameters shown in the following table.

Parameters of the optimize Pragma

Parameter(s)	Type of optimization
g	Enable global optimizations.
s or t	Specify short or fast sequences of machine code.
y	Generate frame pointers on the program stack.

These are the same letters used with the /O compiler options. For example, the following pragma is equivalent to the /Os compiler option:

#pragma optimize( "ts", on )

Using the optimize pragma with the empty string ("") is a special form of the directive:

When you use the off parameter, it turns the optimizations, listed in the table earlier in this topic, off.

When you use the on parameter, it resets the optimizations to those that you specified with the /O compiler option.

#pragma optimize( "", off )
.
.
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#pragma optimize( "", on ) 

See Also

Reference

Pragma Directives and the __Pragma Keyword

Change History

Date	History	Reason
July 2010	Removed references to the obsolete "p" pragma parameter.	Information enhancement.