Denis Onischenko <denis.onischenko@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > In the description of --enable-checking option the following is written: > >>> Disabling assertions will make the compiler and runtime slightly faster but increase the risk of undetected internal errors causing wrong code to be generated. > > > What means "runtime" there ? It means the runtime support libraries used by gcc. Although I'm not aware of any actual cases where --enable-checking affects the support libraries. > I want to include all checks, except those that slow down runtime > libraries and programs. > What checks (`assert', `df', `fold', `gc', `gcac' `misc', `rtl', > `rtlflag', `runtime', `tree', and `valgrind') only affect the > compiler, and which the runtime libraries used by programs ? Only "assert" can affect the runtime libraries. As far as I know, it does not affect them, but it could. Ian
