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<li><a href="index.html#toc_Top">Introduction</a></li>
<li><a href="index.html#toc_G_002b_002b-and-GCC">1 Programming Languages Supported by GCC</a></li>
<li><a href="index.html#toc_Standards">2 Language Standards Supported by GCC</a></li>
<li><a href="index.html#toc_Invoking-GCC">3 GCC Command Options</a></li>
<li><a href="index.html#toc_C-Implementation">4 C Implementation-defined behavior</a></li>
<li><a href="index.html#toc_C_002b_002b-Implementation">5 C++ Implementation-defined behavior</a></li>
<li><a href="index.html#toc_C-Extensions">6 Extensions to the C Language Family</a></li>
<li><a href="index.html#toc_C_002b_002b-Extensions">7 Extensions to the C++ Language</a></li>
<li><a href="index.html#toc_Objective_002dC">8 GNU Objective-C features</a></li>
<li><a href="index.html#toc_Compatibility">9 Binary Compatibility</a></li>
<li><a href="index.html#toc_Gcov">10 <samp><span class="command">gcov</span></samp>—a Test Coverage Program</a></li>
<li><a href="index.html#toc_Trouble">11 Known Causes of Trouble with GCC</a></li>
<li><a href="index.html#toc_Bugs">12 Reporting Bugs</a></li>
<li><a href="index.html#toc_Service">13 How To Get Help with GCC</a></li>
<li><a href="index.html#toc_Contributing">14 Contributing to GCC Development</a></li>
<li><a href="index.html#toc_Funding">Funding Free Software</a></li>
<li><a href="index.html#toc_GNU-Project">The GNU Project and GNU/Linux</a></li>
<li><a href="index.html#toc_Copying">GNU General Public License</a></li>
<li><a href="index.html#toc_GNU-Free-Documentation-License">GNU Free Documentation License</a></li>
<li><a href="index.html#toc_Contributors">Contributors to GCC</a></li>
<li><a href="index.html#toc_Option-Index">Option Index</a></li>
<li><a href="index.html#toc_Keyword-Index">Keyword Index</a></li>
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<h2>Table of Contents</h2>
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<li><a name="toc_Top" href="index.html#Top">Introduction</a>
<li><a name="toc_G_002b_002b-and-GCC" href="G_002b_002b-and-GCC.html#G_002b_002b-and-GCC">1 Programming Languages Supported by GCC</a>
<li><a name="toc_Standards" href="Standards.html#Standards">2 Language Standards Supported by GCC</a>
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<li><a href="Standards.html#Standards">2.1 C language</a>
<li><a href="Standards.html#Standards">2.2 C++ language</a>
<li><a href="Standards.html#Standards">2.3 Objective-C and Objective-C++ languages</a>
<li><a href="Standards.html#Standards">2.4 Go language</a>
<li><a href="Standards.html#Standards">2.5 References for other languages</a>
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<li><a name="toc_Invoking-GCC" href="Invoking-GCC.html#Invoking-GCC">3 GCC Command Options</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Option-Summary.html#Option-Summary">3.1 Option Summary</a>
<li><a href="Overall-Options.html#Overall-Options">3.2 Options Controlling the Kind of Output</a>
<li><a href="Invoking-G_002b_002b.html#Invoking-G_002b_002b">3.3 Compiling C++ Programs</a>
<li><a href="C-Dialect-Options.html#C-Dialect-Options">3.4 Options Controlling C Dialect</a>
<li><a href="C_002b_002b-Dialect-Options.html#C_002b_002b-Dialect-Options">3.5 Options Controlling C++ Dialect</a>
<li><a href="Objective_002dC-and-Objective_002dC_002b_002b-Dialect-Options.html#Objective_002dC-and-Objective_002dC_002b_002b-Dialect-Options">3.6 Options Controlling Objective-C and Objective-C++ Dialects</a>
<li><a href="Language-Independent-Options.html#Language-Independent-Options">3.7 Options to Control Diagnostic Messages Formatting</a>
<li><a href="Warning-Options.html#Warning-Options">3.8 Options to Request or Suppress Warnings</a>
<li><a href="Debugging-Options.html#Debugging-Options">3.9 Options for Debugging Your Program or GCC</a>
<li><a href="Optimize-Options.html#Optimize-Options">3.10 Options That Control Optimization</a>
<li><a href="Preprocessor-Options.html#Preprocessor-Options">3.11 Options Controlling the Preprocessor</a>
<li><a href="Assembler-Options.html#Assembler-Options">3.12 Passing Options to the Assembler</a>
<li><a href="Link-Options.html#Link-Options">3.13 Options for Linking</a>
<li><a href="Directory-Options.html#Directory-Options">3.14 Options for Directory Search</a>
<li><a href="Spec-Files.html#Spec-Files">3.15 Specifying subprocesses and the switches to pass to them</a>
<li><a href="Target-Options.html#Target-Options">3.16 Specifying Target Machine and Compiler Version</a>
<li><a href="Submodel-Options.html#Submodel-Options">3.17 Hardware Models and Configurations</a>
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<li><a href="Adapteva-Epiphany-Options.html#Adapteva-Epiphany-Options">3.17.1 Adapteva Epiphany Options</a>
<li><a href="AArch64-Options.html#AArch64-Options">3.17.2 AArch64 Options</a>
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<li><a href="AArch64-Options.html#AArch64-Options">3.17.2.1 <samp><span class="option">-march</span></samp> and <samp><span class="option">-mcpu</span></samp> feature modifiers</a>
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<li><a href="ARM-Options.html#ARM-Options">3.17.3 ARM Options</a>
<li><a href="AVR-Options.html#AVR-Options">3.17.4 AVR Options</a>
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<li><a href="AVR-Options.html#AVR-Options">3.17.4.2 Handling of the <code>RAMPD</code>, <code>RAMPX</code>, <code>RAMPY</code> and <code>RAMPZ</code> Special Function Registers</a>
<li><a href="AVR-Options.html#AVR-Options">3.17.4.3 AVR Built-in Macros</a>
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<li><a href="Blackfin-Options.html#Blackfin-Options">3.17.5 Blackfin Options</a>
<li><a href="C6X-Options.html#C6X-Options">3.17.6 C6X Options</a>
<li><a href="CRIS-Options.html#CRIS-Options">3.17.7 CRIS Options</a>
<li><a href="CR16-Options.html#CR16-Options">3.17.8 CR16 Options</a>
<li><a href="Darwin-Options.html#Darwin-Options">3.17.9 Darwin Options</a>
<li><a href="DEC-Alpha-Options.html#DEC-Alpha-Options">3.17.10 DEC Alpha Options</a>
<li><a href="DEC-Alpha_002fVMS-Options.html#DEC-Alpha_002fVMS-Options">3.17.11 DEC Alpha/VMS Options</a>
<li><a href="FR30-Options.html#FR30-Options">3.17.12 FR30 Options</a>
<li><a href="FRV-Options.html#FRV-Options">3.17.13 FRV Options</a>
<li><a href="GNU_002fLinux-Options.html#GNU_002fLinux-Options">3.17.14 GNU/Linux Options</a>
<li><a href="H8_002f300-Options.html#H8_002f300-Options">3.17.15 H8/300 Options</a>
<li><a href="HPPA-Options.html#HPPA-Options">3.17.16 HPPA Options</a>
<li><a href="i386-and-x86_002d64-Options.html#i386-and-x86_002d64-Options">3.17.17 Intel 386 and AMD x86-64 Options</a>
<li><a href="i386-and-x86_002d64-Windows-Options.html#i386-and-x86_002d64-Windows-Options">3.17.18 i386 and x86-64 Windows Options</a>
<li><a href="IA_002d64-Options.html#IA_002d64-Options">3.17.19 IA-64 Options</a>
<li><a href="IA_002d64_002fVMS-Options.html#IA_002d64_002fVMS-Options">3.17.20 IA-64/VMS Options</a>
<li><a href="LM32-Options.html#LM32-Options">3.17.21 LM32 Options</a>
<li><a href="M32C-Options.html#M32C-Options">3.17.22 M32C Options</a>
<li><a href="M32R_002fD-Options.html#M32R_002fD-Options">3.17.23 M32R/D Options</a>
<li><a href="M680x0-Options.html#M680x0-Options">3.17.24 M680x0 Options</a>
<li><a href="MCore-Options.html#MCore-Options">3.17.25 MCore Options</a>
<li><a href="MeP-Options.html#MeP-Options">3.17.26 MeP Options</a>
<li><a href="MicroBlaze-Options.html#MicroBlaze-Options">3.17.27 MicroBlaze Options</a>
<li><a href="MIPS-Options.html#MIPS-Options">3.17.28 MIPS Options</a>
<li><a href="MMIX-Options.html#MMIX-Options">3.17.29 MMIX Options</a>
<li><a href="MN10300-Options.html#MN10300-Options">3.17.30 MN10300 Options</a>
<li><a href="PDP_002d11-Options.html#PDP_002d11-Options">3.17.31 PDP-11 Options</a>
<li><a href="picoChip-Options.html#picoChip-Options">3.17.32 picoChip Options</a>
<li><a href="PowerPC-Options.html#PowerPC-Options">3.17.33 PowerPC Options</a>
<li><a href="RL78-Options.html#RL78-Options">3.17.34 RL78 Options</a>
<li><a href="RS_002f6000-and-PowerPC-Options.html#RS_002f6000-and-PowerPC-Options">3.17.35 IBM RS/6000 and PowerPC Options</a>
<li><a href="RX-Options.html#RX-Options">3.17.36 RX Options</a>
<li><a href="S_002f390-and-zSeries-Options.html#S_002f390-and-zSeries-Options">3.17.37 S/390 and zSeries Options</a>
<li><a href="Score-Options.html#Score-Options">3.17.38 Score Options</a>
<li><a href="SH-Options.html#SH-Options">3.17.39 SH Options</a>
<li><a href="Solaris-2-Options.html#Solaris-2-Options">3.17.40 Solaris 2 Options</a>
<li><a href="SPARC-Options.html#SPARC-Options">3.17.41 SPARC Options</a>
<li><a href="SPU-Options.html#SPU-Options">3.17.42 SPU Options</a>
<li><a href="System-V-Options.html#System-V-Options">3.17.43 Options for System V</a>
<li><a href="TILE_002dGx-Options.html#TILE_002dGx-Options">3.17.44 TILE-Gx Options</a>
<li><a href="TILEPro-Options.html#TILEPro-Options">3.17.45 TILEPro Options</a>
<li><a href="V850-Options.html#V850-Options">3.17.46 V850 Options</a>
<li><a href="VAX-Options.html#VAX-Options">3.17.47 VAX Options</a>
<li><a href="VxWorks-Options.html#VxWorks-Options">3.17.48 VxWorks Options</a>
<li><a href="x86_002d64-Options.html#x86_002d64-Options">3.17.49 x86-64 Options</a>
<li><a href="Xstormy16-Options.html#Xstormy16-Options">3.17.50 Xstormy16 Options</a>
<li><a href="Xtensa-Options.html#Xtensa-Options">3.17.51 Xtensa Options</a>
<li><a href="zSeries-Options.html#zSeries-Options">3.17.52 zSeries Options</a>
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<li><a href="Code-Gen-Options.html#Code-Gen-Options">3.18 Options for Code Generation Conventions</a>
<li><a href="Environment-Variables.html#Environment-Variables">3.19 Environment Variables Affecting GCC</a>
<li><a href="Precompiled-Headers.html#Precompiled-Headers">3.20 Using Precompiled Headers</a>
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<li><a name="toc_C-Implementation" href="C-Implementation.html#C-Implementation">4 C Implementation-defined behavior</a>
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<li><a href="Translation-implementation.html#Translation-implementation">4.1 Translation</a>
<li><a href="Environment-implementation.html#Environment-implementation">4.2 Environment</a>
<li><a href="Identifiers-implementation.html#Identifiers-implementation">4.3 Identifiers</a>
<li><a href="Characters-implementation.html#Characters-implementation">4.4 Characters</a>
<li><a href="Integers-implementation.html#Integers-implementation">4.5 Integers</a>
<li><a href="Floating-point-implementation.html#Floating-point-implementation">4.6 Floating point</a>
<li><a href="Arrays-and-pointers-implementation.html#Arrays-and-pointers-implementation">4.7 Arrays and pointers</a>
<li><a href="Hints-implementation.html#Hints-implementation">4.8 Hints</a>
<li><a href="Structures-unions-enumerations-and-bit_002dfields-implementation.html#Structures-unions-enumerations-and-bit_002dfields-implementation">4.9 Structures, unions, enumerations, and bit-fields</a>
<li><a href="Qualifiers-implementation.html#Qualifiers-implementation">4.10 Qualifiers</a>
<li><a href="Declarators-implementation.html#Declarators-implementation">4.11 Declarators</a>
<li><a href="Statements-implementation.html#Statements-implementation">4.12 Statements</a>
<li><a href="Preprocessing-directives-implementation.html#Preprocessing-directives-implementation">4.13 Preprocessing directives</a>
<li><a href="Library-functions-implementation.html#Library-functions-implementation">4.14 Library functions</a>
<li><a href="Architecture-implementation.html#Architecture-implementation">4.15 Architecture</a>
<li><a href="Locale_002dspecific-behavior-implementation.html#Locale_002dspecific-behavior-implementation">4.16 Locale-specific behavior</a>
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<li><a name="toc_C_002b_002b-Implementation" href="C_002b_002b-Implementation.html#C_002b_002b-Implementation">5 C++ Implementation-defined behavior</a>
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<li><a href="Conditionally_002dsupported-behavior.html#Conditionally_002dsupported-behavior">5.1 Conditionally-supported behavior</a>
<li><a href="Exception-handling.html#Exception-handling">5.2 Exception handling</a>
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<li><a name="toc_C-Extensions" href="C-Extensions.html#C-Extensions">6 Extensions to the C Language Family</a>
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<li><a href="Statement-Exprs.html#Statement-Exprs">6.1 Statements and Declarations in Expressions</a>
<li><a href="Local-Labels.html#Local-Labels">6.2 Locally Declared Labels</a>
<li><a href="Labels-as-Values.html#Labels-as-Values">6.3 Labels as Values</a>
<li><a href="Nested-Functions.html#Nested-Functions">6.4 Nested Functions</a>
<li><a href="Constructing-Calls.html#Constructing-Calls">6.5 Constructing Function Calls</a>
<li><a href="Typeof.html#Typeof">6.6 Referring to a Type with <code>typeof</code></a>
<li><a href="Conditionals.html#Conditionals">6.7 Conditionals with Omitted Operands</a>
<li><a href="_005f_005fint128.html#_005f_005fint128">6.8 128-bits integers</a>
<li><a href="Long-Long.html#Long-Long">6.9 Double-Word Integers</a>
<li><a href="Complex.html#Complex">6.10 Complex Numbers</a>
<li><a href="Floating-Types.html#Floating-Types">6.11 Additional Floating Types</a>
<li><a href="Half_002dPrecision.html#Half_002dPrecision">6.12 Half-Precision Floating Point</a>
<li><a href="Decimal-Float.html#Decimal-Float">6.13 Decimal Floating Types</a>
<li><a href="Hex-Floats.html#Hex-Floats">6.14 Hex Floats</a>
<li><a href="Fixed_002dPoint.html#Fixed_002dPoint">6.15 Fixed-Point Types</a>
<li><a href="Named-Address-Spaces.html#Named-Address-Spaces">6.16 Named Address Spaces</a>
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<li><a href="Named-Address-Spaces.html#Named-Address-Spaces">6.16.1 AVR Named Address Spaces</a>
<li><a href="Named-Address-Spaces.html#Named-Address-Spaces">6.16.2 M32C Named Address Spaces</a>
<li><a href="Named-Address-Spaces.html#Named-Address-Spaces">6.16.3 RL78 Named Address Spaces</a>
<li><a href="Named-Address-Spaces.html#Named-Address-Spaces">6.16.4 SPU Named Address Spaces</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Zero-Length.html#Zero-Length">6.17 Arrays of Length Zero</a>
<li><a href="Empty-Structures.html#Empty-Structures">6.18 Structures With No Members</a>
<li><a href="Variable-Length.html#Variable-Length">6.19 Arrays of Variable Length</a>
<li><a href="Variadic-Macros.html#Variadic-Macros">6.20 Macros with a Variable Number of Arguments.</a>
<li><a href="Escaped-Newlines.html#Escaped-Newlines">6.21 Slightly Looser Rules for Escaped Newlines</a>
<li><a href="Subscripting.html#Subscripting">6.22 Non-Lvalue Arrays May Have Subscripts</a>
<li><a href="Pointer-Arith.html#Pointer-Arith">6.23 Arithmetic on <code>void</code>- and Function-Pointers</a>
<li><a href="Initializers.html#Initializers">6.24 Non-Constant Initializers</a>
<li><a href="Compound-Literals.html#Compound-Literals">6.25 Compound Literals</a>
<li><a href="Designated-Inits.html#Designated-Inits">6.26 Designated Initializers</a>
<li><a href="Case-Ranges.html#Case-Ranges">6.27 Case Ranges</a>
<li><a href="Cast-to-Union.html#Cast-to-Union">6.28 Cast to a Union Type</a>
<li><a href="Mixed-Declarations.html#Mixed-Declarations">6.29 Mixed Declarations and Code</a>
<li><a href="Function-Attributes.html#Function-Attributes">6.30 Declaring Attributes of Functions</a>
<li><a href="Attribute-Syntax.html#Attribute-Syntax">6.31 Attribute Syntax</a>
<li><a href="Function-Prototypes.html#Function-Prototypes">6.32 Prototypes and Old-Style Function Definitions</a>
<li><a href="C_002b_002b-Comments.html#C_002b_002b-Comments">6.33 C++ Style Comments</a>
<li><a href="Dollar-Signs.html#Dollar-Signs">6.34 Dollar Signs in Identifier Names</a>
<li><a href="Character-Escapes.html#Character-Escapes">6.35 The Character <ESC> in Constants</a>
<li><a href="Variable-Attributes.html#Variable-Attributes">6.36 Specifying Attributes of Variables</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Variable-Attributes.html#Variable-Attributes">6.36.1 AVR Variable Attributes</a>
<li><a href="Variable-Attributes.html#Variable-Attributes">6.36.2 Blackfin Variable Attributes</a>
<li><a href="Variable-Attributes.html#Variable-Attributes">6.36.3 M32R/D Variable Attributes</a>
<li><a href="Variable-Attributes.html#Variable-Attributes">6.36.4 MeP Variable Attributes</a>
<li><a href="Variable-Attributes.html#Variable-Attributes">6.36.5 i386 Variable Attributes</a>
<li><a href="Variable-Attributes.html#Variable-Attributes">6.36.6 PowerPC Variable Attributes</a>
<li><a href="Variable-Attributes.html#Variable-Attributes">6.36.7 SPU Variable Attributes</a>
<li><a href="Variable-Attributes.html#Variable-Attributes">6.36.8 Xstormy16 Variable Attributes</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Type-Attributes.html#Type-Attributes">6.37 Specifying Attributes of Types</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Type-Attributes.html#Type-Attributes">6.37.1 ARM Type Attributes</a>
<li><a href="Type-Attributes.html#Type-Attributes">6.37.2 MeP Type Attributes</a>
<li><a href="Type-Attributes.html#Type-Attributes">6.37.3 i386 Type Attributes</a>
<li><a href="Type-Attributes.html#Type-Attributes">6.37.4 PowerPC Type Attributes</a>
<li><a href="Type-Attributes.html#Type-Attributes">6.37.5 SPU Type Attributes</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Alignment.html#Alignment">6.38 Inquiring on Alignment of Types or Variables</a>
<li><a href="Inline.html#Inline">6.39 An Inline Function is As Fast As a Macro</a>
<li><a href="Volatiles.html#Volatiles">6.40 When is a Volatile Object Accessed?</a>
<li><a href="Extended-Asm.html#Extended-Asm">6.41 Assembler Instructions with C Expression Operands</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Extended-Asm.html#Extended-Asm">6.41.1 Size of an <code>asm</code></a>
<li><a href="Extended-Asm.html#Extended-Asm">6.41.2 i386 floating point asm operands</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Constraints.html#Constraints">6.42 Constraints for <code>asm</code> Operands</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Simple-Constraints.html#Simple-Constraints">6.42.1 Simple Constraints</a>
<li><a href="Multi_002dAlternative.html#Multi_002dAlternative">6.42.2 Multiple Alternative Constraints</a>
<li><a href="Modifiers.html#Modifiers">6.42.3 Constraint Modifier Characters</a>
<li><a href="Machine-Constraints.html#Machine-Constraints">6.42.4 Constraints for Particular Machines</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Asm-Labels.html#Asm-Labels">6.43 Controlling Names Used in Assembler Code</a>
<li><a href="Explicit-Reg-Vars.html#Explicit-Reg-Vars">6.44 Variables in Specified Registers</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Global-Reg-Vars.html#Global-Reg-Vars">6.44.1 Defining Global Register Variables</a>
<li><a href="Local-Reg-Vars.html#Local-Reg-Vars">6.44.2 Specifying Registers for Local Variables</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Alternate-Keywords.html#Alternate-Keywords">6.45 Alternate Keywords</a>
<li><a href="Incomplete-Enums.html#Incomplete-Enums">6.46 Incomplete <code>enum</code> Types</a>
<li><a href="Function-Names.html#Function-Names">6.47 Function Names as Strings</a>
<li><a href="Return-Address.html#Return-Address">6.48 Getting the Return or Frame Address of a Function</a>
<li><a href="Vector-Extensions.html#Vector-Extensions">6.49 Using vector instructions through built-in functions</a>
<li><a href="Offsetof.html#Offsetof">6.50 Offsetof</a>
<li><a href="_005f_005fsync-Builtins.html#_005f_005fsync-Builtins">6.51 Legacy __sync built-in functions for atomic memory access</a>
<li><a href="_005f_005fatomic-Builtins.html#_005f_005fatomic-Builtins">6.52 Built-in functions for memory model aware atomic operations</a>
<li><a href="Object-Size-Checking.html#Object-Size-Checking">6.53 Object Size Checking Builtins</a>
<li><a href="Other-Builtins.html#Other-Builtins">6.54 Other built-in functions provided by GCC</a>
<li><a href="Target-Builtins.html#Target-Builtins">6.55 Built-in Functions Specific to Particular Target Machines</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Alpha-Built_002din-Functions.html#Alpha-Built_002din-Functions">6.55.1 Alpha Built-in Functions</a>
<li><a href="ARM-iWMMXt-Built_002din-Functions.html#ARM-iWMMXt-Built_002din-Functions">6.55.2 ARM iWMMXt Built-in Functions</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3 ARM NEON Intrinsics</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.1 Addition</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.2 Multiplication</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.3 Multiply-accumulate</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.4 Multiply-subtract</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.5 Subtraction</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.6 Comparison (equal-to)</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.7 Comparison (greater-than-or-equal-to)</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.8 Comparison (less-than-or-equal-to)</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.9 Comparison (greater-than)</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.10 Comparison (less-than)</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.11 Comparison (absolute greater-than-or-equal-to)</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.12 Comparison (absolute less-than-or-equal-to)</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.13 Comparison (absolute greater-than)</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.14 Comparison (absolute less-than)</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.15 Test bits</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.16 Absolute difference</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.17 Absolute difference and accumulate</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.18 Maximum</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.19 Minimum</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.20 Pairwise add</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.21 Pairwise add, single_opcode widen and accumulate</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.22 Folding maximum</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.23 Folding minimum</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.24 Reciprocal step</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.25 Vector shift left</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.26 Vector shift left by constant</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.27 Vector shift right by constant</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.28 Vector shift right by constant and accumulate</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.29 Vector shift right and insert</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.30 Vector shift left and insert</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.31 Absolute value</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.32 Negation</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.33 Bitwise not</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.34 Count leading sign bits</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.35 Count leading zeros</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.36 Count number of set bits</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.37 Reciprocal estimate</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.38 Reciprocal square-root estimate</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.39 Get lanes from a vector</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.40 Set lanes in a vector</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.41 Create vector from literal bit pattern</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.42 Set all lanes to the same value</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.43 Combining vectors</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.44 Splitting vectors</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.45 Conversions</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.46 Move, single_opcode narrowing</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.47 Move, single_opcode long</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.48 Table lookup</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.49 Extended table lookup</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.50 Multiply, lane</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.51 Long multiply, lane</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.52 Saturating doubling long multiply, lane</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.53 Saturating doubling multiply high, lane</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.54 Multiply-accumulate, lane</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.55 Multiply-subtract, lane</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.56 Vector multiply by scalar</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.57 Vector long multiply by scalar</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.58 Vector saturating doubling long multiply by scalar</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.59 Vector saturating doubling multiply high by scalar</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.60 Vector multiply-accumulate by scalar</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.61 Vector multiply-subtract by scalar</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.62 Vector extract</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.63 Reverse elements</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.64 Bit selection</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.65 Transpose elements</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.66 Zip elements</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.67 Unzip elements</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.68 Element/structure loads, VLD1 variants</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.69 Element/structure stores, VST1 variants</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.70 Element/structure loads, VLD2 variants</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.71 Element/structure stores, VST2 variants</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.72 Element/structure loads, VLD3 variants</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.73 Element/structure stores, VST3 variants</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.74 Element/structure loads, VLD4 variants</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.75 Element/structure stores, VST4 variants</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.76 Logical operations (AND)</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.77 Logical operations (OR)</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.78 Logical operations (exclusive OR)</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.79 Logical operations (AND-NOT)</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.80 Logical operations (OR-NOT)</a>
<li><a href="ARM-NEON-Intrinsics.html#ARM-NEON-Intrinsics">6.55.3.81 Reinterpret casts</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="AVR-Built_002din-Functions.html#AVR-Built_002din-Functions">6.55.4 AVR Built-in Functions</a>
<li><a href="Blackfin-Built_002din-Functions.html#Blackfin-Built_002din-Functions">6.55.5 Blackfin Built-in Functions</a>
<li><a href="FR_002dV-Built_002din-Functions.html#FR_002dV-Built_002din-Functions">6.55.6 FR-V Built-in Functions</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Argument-Types.html#Argument-Types">6.55.6.1 Argument Types</a>
<li><a href="Directly_002dmapped-Integer-Functions.html#Directly_002dmapped-Integer-Functions">6.55.6.2 Directly-mapped Integer Functions</a>
<li><a href="Directly_002dmapped-Media-Functions.html#Directly_002dmapped-Media-Functions">6.55.6.3 Directly-mapped Media Functions</a>
<li><a href="Raw-read_002fwrite-Functions.html#Raw-read_002fwrite-Functions">6.55.6.4 Raw read/write Functions</a>
<li><a href="Other-Built_002din-Functions.html#Other-Built_002din-Functions">6.55.6.5 Other Built-in Functions</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="X86-Built_002din-Functions.html#X86-Built_002din-Functions">6.55.7 X86 Built-in Functions</a>
<li><a href="MIPS-DSP-Built_002din-Functions.html#MIPS-DSP-Built_002din-Functions">6.55.8 MIPS DSP Built-in Functions</a>
<li><a href="MIPS-Paired_002dSingle-Support.html#MIPS-Paired_002dSingle-Support">6.55.9 MIPS Paired-Single Support</a>
<li><a href="MIPS-Loongson-Built_002din-Functions.html#MIPS-Loongson-Built_002din-Functions">6.55.10 MIPS Loongson Built-in Functions</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Paired_002dSingle-Arithmetic.html#Paired_002dSingle-Arithmetic">6.55.10.1 Paired-Single Arithmetic</a>
<li><a href="Paired_002dSingle-Built_002din-Functions.html#Paired_002dSingle-Built_002din-Functions">6.55.10.2 Paired-Single Built-in Functions</a>
<li><a href="MIPS_002d3D-Built_002din-Functions.html#MIPS_002d3D-Built_002din-Functions">6.55.10.3 MIPS-3D Built-in Functions</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="picoChip-Built_002din-Functions.html#picoChip-Built_002din-Functions">6.55.11 picoChip Built-in Functions</a>
<li><a href="Other-MIPS-Built_002din-Functions.html#Other-MIPS-Built_002din-Functions">6.55.12 Other MIPS Built-in Functions</a>
<li><a href="PowerPC-AltiVec_002fVSX-Built_002din-Functions.html#PowerPC-AltiVec_002fVSX-Built_002din-Functions">6.55.13 PowerPC AltiVec Built-in Functions</a>
<li><a href="RX-Built_002din-Functions.html#RX-Built_002din-Functions">6.55.14 RX Built-in Functions</a>
<li><a href="SPARC-VIS-Built_002din-Functions.html#SPARC-VIS-Built_002din-Functions">6.55.15 SPARC VIS Built-in Functions</a>
<li><a href="SPU-Built_002din-Functions.html#SPU-Built_002din-Functions">6.55.16 SPU Built-in Functions</a>
<li><a href="TI-C6X-Built_002din-Functions.html#TI-C6X-Built_002din-Functions">6.55.17 TI C6X Built-in Functions</a>
<li><a href="TILE_002dGx-Built_002din-Functions.html#TILE_002dGx-Built_002din-Functions">6.55.18 TILE-Gx Built-in Functions</a>
<li><a href="TILEPro-Built_002din-Functions.html#TILEPro-Built_002din-Functions">6.55.19 TILEPro Built-in Functions</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Target-Format-Checks.html#Target-Format-Checks">6.56 Format Checks Specific to Particular Target Machines</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Solaris-Format-Checks.html#Solaris-Format-Checks">6.56.1 Solaris Format Checks</a>
<li><a href="Darwin-Format-Checks.html#Darwin-Format-Checks">6.56.2 Darwin Format Checks</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Pragmas.html#Pragmas">6.57 Pragmas Accepted by GCC</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="ARM-Pragmas.html#ARM-Pragmas">6.57.1 ARM Pragmas</a>
<li><a href="M32C-Pragmas.html#M32C-Pragmas">6.57.2 M32C Pragmas</a>
<li><a href="MeP-Pragmas.html#MeP-Pragmas">6.57.3 MeP Pragmas</a>
<li><a href="RS_002f6000-and-PowerPC-Pragmas.html#RS_002f6000-and-PowerPC-Pragmas">6.57.4 RS/6000 and PowerPC Pragmas</a>
<li><a href="Darwin-Pragmas.html#Darwin-Pragmas">6.57.5 Darwin Pragmas</a>
<li><a href="Solaris-Pragmas.html#Solaris-Pragmas">6.57.6 Solaris Pragmas</a>
<li><a href="Symbol_002dRenaming-Pragmas.html#Symbol_002dRenaming-Pragmas">6.57.7 Symbol-Renaming Pragmas</a>
<li><a href="Structure_002dPacking-Pragmas.html#Structure_002dPacking-Pragmas">6.57.8 Structure-Packing Pragmas</a>
<li><a href="Weak-Pragmas.html#Weak-Pragmas">6.57.9 Weak Pragmas</a>
<li><a href="Diagnostic-Pragmas.html#Diagnostic-Pragmas">6.57.10 Diagnostic Pragmas</a>
<li><a href="Visibility-Pragmas.html#Visibility-Pragmas">6.57.11 Visibility Pragmas</a>
<li><a href="Push_002fPop-Macro-Pragmas.html#Push_002fPop-Macro-Pragmas">6.57.12 Push/Pop Macro Pragmas</a>
<li><a href="Function-Specific-Option-Pragmas.html#Function-Specific-Option-Pragmas">6.57.13 Function Specific Option Pragmas</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Unnamed-Fields.html#Unnamed-Fields">6.58 Unnamed struct/union fields within structs/unions</a>
<li><a href="Thread_002dLocal.html#Thread_002dLocal">6.59 Thread-Local Storage</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="C99-Thread_002dLocal-Edits.html#C99-Thread_002dLocal-Edits">6.59.1 ISO/IEC 9899:1999 Edits for Thread-Local Storage</a>
<li><a href="C_002b_002b98-Thread_002dLocal-Edits.html#C_002b_002b98-Thread_002dLocal-Edits">6.59.2 ISO/IEC 14882:1998 Edits for Thread-Local Storage</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Binary-constants.html#Binary-constants">6.60 Binary constants using the ‘<samp><span class="samp">0b</span></samp>’ prefix</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a name="toc_C_002b_002b-Extensions" href="C_002b_002b-Extensions.html#C_002b_002b-Extensions">7 Extensions to the C++ Language</a>
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<li><a href="C_002b_002b-Volatiles.html#C_002b_002b-Volatiles">7.1 When is a Volatile C++ Object Accessed?</a>
<li><a href="Restricted-Pointers.html#Restricted-Pointers">7.2 Restricting Pointer Aliasing</a>
<li><a href="Vague-Linkage.html#Vague-Linkage">7.3 Vague Linkage</a>
<li><a href="C_002b_002b-Interface.html#C_002b_002b-Interface">7.4 #pragma interface and implementation</a>
<li><a href="Template-Instantiation.html#Template-Instantiation">7.5 Where's the Template?</a>
<li><a href="Bound-member-functions.html#Bound-member-functions">7.6 Extracting the function pointer from a bound pointer to member function</a>
<li><a href="C_002b_002b-Attributes.html#C_002b_002b-Attributes">7.7 C++-Specific Variable, Function, and Type Attributes</a>
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