What is the compiler switch -VN used for?

[Tom Mueller 5]

Hello 

 

Some questions:

• Can somebody explain what the compiler switch -VN is used for? 
• Where can it be set inside the IDE (Delphi 10.3.1)?
• Why is this switch the default Delphi 10.3.1 setting for new projects?
• Why is this switch doubled when the -VT switch is set inside the IDE? (you can see the command line in the "Build" tab of the "Messages" tool window)

 

Any hints would be appreciated!

[PeterBelow 238]

If you run the relevant external compiler from a command prompt without any parameters it should give you a list of the available switched and what they do.

[Tom Mueller 5]

Yes, I've seen that - "-VN = TDS symbols in namespace" but what does it mean?

[Günther Schoch 61]

When I create a default CMD Line Project under RIO I get the following feedback under the IDE (message window of the compile)

"Configuration Debug"    ... -V -VN -NBC:\Compiler\DX26\Projects\Bpl ...
"Configuration Release"   ... -NBC:\Compiler\DX26\Projects\Bpl ...
"Configuration Debug and  external TDS enabled (-VT switch)"   ... -V -VN -VT -VN -NBC:\Compiler\DX26\Projects\Bpl ... (doubled?!?)

 

Background: Tom Mueller and I work together in the same environment and we got problems with TestComplete and this missing "magic" -VN when using our command line dcc32 build scripts.

Took use days to find this missing switch but we are still not sure what -VN exactly means and who/what influences it's appearance.

 

[Uwe Raabe 2057]

These switches are mentioned in the documentation for the Debug Information setting in the projects Debugging Options

http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Rio/en/Compiling#Debugging_Options

 

and in the documentation to the Delphi compiler options

http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Rio/en/DCC32.EXE,_the_Delphi_Command_Line_Compiler#Generating_Debug_Info

 

 

[Günther Schoch 61]

@Uwe: thank you, that helped

 

the dcc command line help is really not complete

  -V = Debug information in EXE
  -VR = Generate remote debug (RSM)
  -VT = Debug information in TDS
  -VN = TDS symbols in namespace -> that is probably wrong or misleading

 

but the help link you sent explains it!

-V Generate debug info in the .exe file
-VN Generate debug info with namespace or unit scope name
-VR Generate debug info in .rsm file (for Delphi, set by the Include remote debug symbols option on the Project > Options > Delphi Compiler > Linking page)
-VT Generate debug info in .tds file (for C++, set by the Place debug information in separate TDS file option on the Project > Options > Delphi Compiler > Linking page)

The -VN option does not specify where the debug information is generated. For example, to generate debug information in the .exe file and to include the namespace or unit scope information, you need to specify two options in your DCC32 command, as follows ...