04. C++ build process. Compiler optimizations

Optimizations

/O options (Optimize code)MicrosoftLearn

Optimize Options (Using the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC))gcc.gnu.org

clang - the Clang C, C++, and Objective-C compiler — Clang 23.0.0git documentationclang.llvm.org

optimize pragmaMicrosoftLearn

RVO and NRVOPVS-Studio

Compilers - What Every Programmer Should Know About Compiler OptimizationsMicrosoftLearn

Copy elision - cppreference.comen.cppreference.com

_ITERATOR_DEBUG_LEVELMicrosoftLearn

Inline

Inline Functions (C++)MicrosoftLearn

noinlineMicrosoftLearn

Inlining Decisions in Visual Studio - C++ Team BlogC++ Team Blog

Standard C++isocpp.org

Constexpr

/constexpr (Control constexpr evaluation)MicrosoftLearn

Design and evolution of constexpr in C++PVS-Studio

GitHub - tcbrindle/raytracer.hpp: Simple compile-time raytracer using C++17GitHub

Struct packing

The Lost Art of Structure Packingwww.catb.org

Size, Alignment, and Memory Layout Insights for C++ Classes, Structs, and Unions - Visual Studio BlogVisual Studio Blog

pack pragmaMicrosoftLearn

Branch prediction

C++ attribute: likely, unlikely (since C++20) - cppreference.comen.cppreference.com

Branch Prediction - Fundamentals Every Programmer Need Not KnowYet Another Technical Blog

MISC

`main` function and command-line arguments (C++)MicrosoftLearn

Integer LimitsMicrosoftLearn

Translation units and linkage (C++)MicrosoftLearn

MSVC hidden flagslectem.github.io

Attributes in C++MicrosoftLearn

Stirling's approximationWikipedia