Intel® C++ Compiler 16.0 User and Reference Guide

bigobj

Increases the number of sections that an object file can contain.

Syntax

Linux and OS X:

None

Windows:

/bigobj

Arguments

None

Default

OFF

An object file can hold up to 65,536 (2**16) addressable sections.

Description

This option increases the number of sections that an object file can contain. It increases the address capacity to 4,294,967,296(2**32).

This option may be helpful for .obj files that can hold more sections, such as machine generated code or code that makes heavy use of template libraries.

IDE Equivalent

None

Alternate Options

None