Solaris Studio C++ 12.4 And 12.5 Do Not Support The Xport64 Flag. (Doc ID 2299150.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 05, 2021

Applies to:

Symptoms

Studio 12.4 and 12.5, -xport64 flag not issuing warnings

In the 12.4 and 12.5 versions of the Solaris Studio C++ compiler the -xport64 option no longer produces the 64-bit portability warnings that the current 12.3 version of the compiler produces.

Here is an example of the problem. Note that only 12.3 reports the 64-bit warnings:

$ /opt/developerstudio12.5/bin/CC -xport64=full -compat=5 -m64
type_cast3.cpp

$ /opt/studio12.4/bin/CC -xport64=full -compat=5 -m64 type_cast3.cpp

$ /opt/studio12.3/bin/CC -xport64=full -compat=5 -m64 type_cast3.cpp
"type_cast3.cpp", line 4: Warning: Converting an "int" into a 64-bit integer
causes sign extension.
"type_cast3.cpp", line 5: Warning: Converting a 64-bit type value to "int"
causes truncation.
2 Warning(s) detected.

$ cat type_cast3.cpp
main()
{
int i = -1;
unsigned long ul = i; // should cause sign-extension error
int i2 = ul; // should cause truncation error

Cause

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