Adding extra compiler option in Qt [duplicate]

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• Where in Qt Creator do I pass arguments to a compiler? 5 answers

Where in Qt can I specify additional compiler options? Like for example -std=c++0x?

Answer 1

The way QT deals with compiler options is through the .pro file. It is a double edged sword if I may. It creates a nice abstraction, especially when compiling large projects. The problem is that you have to either look up or memorize how to add the flag. In the case of C++0X, you have to add the following flag to your .pro file:

QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -std=c++0x

Fortunately most of the flags that you need are automatically added if you use QtCreator.

Answer 2

In your .pro file, you could add:

QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -std=c++0x

I think every variable in the spec's qmake.conf can be altered like that.

For example, the win32-g++ spec has, among other variables, these:

QMAKE_CC        = gcc
QMAKE_LEX       = flex
QMAKE_LEXFLAGS      =
QMAKE_YACC      = byacc
QMAKE_YACCFLAGS     = -d
QMAKE_CFLAGS        =
QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEPS   = -M
QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_ON    = -Wall
QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_OFF   = -w
QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE    = -O2
QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEBUG  = -g
QMAKE_CFLAGS_YACC   = -Wno-unused -Wno-parentheses

QMAKE_CXX       = g++
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS      = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_DEPS = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEPS
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_WARN_ON  = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_ON
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_WARN_OFF = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_OFF
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_RELEASE  = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_DEBUG    = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEBUG
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_YACC = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_YACC
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_THREAD   = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_THREAD
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_RTTI_ON  = -frtti
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_RTTI_OFF = -fno-rtti
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_ON = -fexceptions -mthreads
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_OFF = -fno-exceptions

Answer 3

You can try adding

QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -std=c++0x

to your .pro file.

However, this should not be used in Qt 5 for enabling specific c++ standard. Instead, c++11 or c++14 in CONFIG variable to do that. It will enable GNU extensions (-std=gnu++11), but if that is unwanted, also add strict_c++ if you want to disable those. For example, this should pass -std=c++11 to the compiler:

CONFIG += c++11 strict_c++