User and Reference Guide for the Intel® C++ Compiler 14.0

C

Places comments in preprocessed source output.

Syntax

Linux OS and OS X:

-C

Windows OS:

/C

Arguments

None

Default

OFF

No comments are placed in preprocessed source output.

Description

This option places (or preserves) comments in preprocessed source output.

Comments following preprocessing directives, however, are not preserved.

IDE Equivalent

Windows: Preprocessor > Keep Comments

Linux: None

OS X: None

Alternate Options

None

Example

The following commands cause the compiler to preserve comments in the prog1.i preprocessed file.

On Windows* systems:

icl /C /P prog1.cpp prog2.cpp

On Linux* and OS X* systems:

icpc -C -P prog1.cpp prog2.cpp

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