Od - Line Number and Symbolic Debug Information in Object File

This switch controls whether or not all forms of debug information are included in the object file, and is a shorthand method of specifying the options to control line numbering and symbolic debug information.

The parameterized version of this option may be used to specify the format of the debugging information. The setting of this value may be necessary depending on which linker is used to link the object file output, or on the debugger used to debug the executable. The argument must be one of the following keywords:

IBM32

Generate debugging information in the 32-bit IBM (HLL) format. Executable code that is to be debugged with the IBM family of debuggers should use this setting. This is the default value if no parameter is specified.
MS16
Generate debugging information in the 16-bit Microsoft (CodeView) format. You may need to use this setting if the object file output will be processed by a 16-bit linker, or if non-IBM debuggers will be utilized on the executable.

┌────┬──────┬─────┬────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐│Type│Global│Group│File│Default                                           │
├────┼──────┼─────┼────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│S   │Yes   │Yes  │Yes │(see default values for Ods and Odl)              │
├────┼──────┼─────┼────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│P   │Yes   │Yes  │Yes │-Od:IBM32 (use the IBM debug format)              │
└────┴──────┴─────┴────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Related Information:

• Odl - Line Numbering Information in Object File
  
• Ods - Symbolic Debug Information in Object File

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