C251: NOALIAS DIRECTIVE

Information in this article applies to:

• C251 Version 1.24
• C251 Version 2.14

QUESTION

What does the NOLIAS directive do?

ANSWER

The NOLIAS control instructs the compiler to ignore pointer write operations during the optimization phase. If a register holds a variable it gets reused, even when a pointer could modify that variable.

MORE INFORMATION

• For more information, refer to Chapter 2, page 52 of the C251 Compiler User's Guide 09.97

Last Reviewed: Wednesday, August 03, 2005