omitframepointer

Controls whether the frame pointer is omitted during compilation.

omitframepointer ("value")

Parameters

value is one of:

Value	Description
Default	Use toolset's default behavior.
On	Omit frame pointer.
Off	Retain frame pointer.

Applies To

Project and file configurations.

Availability

Premake 5.0.0-alpha14 or later.

Examples

Keep frame pointer in debug builds for better stack traces:

filter "configurations:Debug"
    omitframepointer "Off"

Omit frame pointer in release builds:

filter "configurations:Release"
    omitframepointer "On"

Use compiler defaults across all configurations:

omitframepointer "Default"

See Also

• GCC Optimize Options - Documentation on -fomit-frame-pointer
• MSVC Optimization Options - Microsoft Visual C++ frame pointer omission documentation
• Clang Optimization Options - Clang compiler documentation