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Take note of the VAR=value documentation below and how
these flags interact with those variables.
- -xxx, +xxx
+ -xxx, +xxx, /xxx
Additional options that are not otherwise recognised are
- passed through as they are to the compiler as well. Again,
- consult your compiler documentation.
+ passed through as they are to the compiler as well.
+ Unix-style options beginning with a '-' or '+' and
+ Windows-style options beginning with a '/' are recognized.
+ Again, consult your compiler documentation.
+
+ If the option contains arguments separated by spaces,
+ then the URL-style notation %20 can be used for the space
+ character in order to avoid having to quote the option.
+ For example, -opt%20arg gets expanded to -opt arg.
+ In fact, any ASCII character can be encoded as %xx using its
+ hexadecimal encoding.
Take note of the VAR=value documentation below and how
these flags interact with those variables.