04. C++ build process. Compiler optimizations

Optimizations

/O options (Optimize code)MicrosoftLearn

Optimize Options (Using the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC))

clang - the Clang C, C++, and Objective-C compiler — Clang 19.0.0git documentation

optimize pragmaMicrosoftLearn

RVO and NRVOPVS-Studio

Compilers - What Every Programmer Should Know About Compiler OptimizationsMicrosoftLearn

Copy elision - cppreference.com

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/standard-library/iterator-debug-level?view=msvc-170learn.microsoft.com

Inline

Inline Functions (C++)MicrosoftLearn

noinlineMicrosoftLearn

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

Standard C++

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 Packing

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.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 flags

Attributes in C++MicrosoftLearn

Stirling's approximationWikipedia