https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Fortran-Compiler/What-does-Intel-ifort-code-coverage-tool-do-to-object-files/m-p/1230512#M152833 <P>When compiling source files for code coverage, a few compiler flags must be passed, like, <SPAN class="ph codeph">-prof-gen. Do these code coverage flags also change the object files in any way? In other words, can I use the generated object files during the code-coverage compilation process to link and release the target library for production?<BR /></SPAN></P> Sat, 21 Nov 2020 19:59:12 GMT DataScientist 2020-11-21T19:59:12Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Fortran-Compiler/What-does-Intel-ifort-code-coverage-tool-do-to-object-files/m-p/1230512#M152833 <P>When compiling source files for code coverage, a few compiler flags must be passed, like, <SPAN class="ph codeph">-prof-gen. Do these code coverage flags also change the object files in any way? In other words, can I use the generated object files during the code-coverage compilation process to link and release the target library for production?<BR /></SPAN></P> Sat, 21 Nov 2020 19:59:12 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Fortran-Compiler/What-does-Intel-ifort-code-coverage-tool-do-to-object-files/m-p/1230512#M152833 DataScientist 2020-11-21T19:59:12Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Fortran-Compiler/What-does-Intel-ifort-code-coverage-tool-do-to-object-files/m-p/1230513#M152834 <P>No - the object files contain calls to PGO routines that write out a file with records of which "basic blocks" of code were entered. PGO uses this for optimization, Code Coverage uses it for.. code coverage. You would not want this in production code.</P> Sat, 21 Nov 2020 20:06:17 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Fortran-Compiler/What-does-Intel-ifort-code-coverage-tool-do-to-object-files/m-p/1230513#M152834 Steve_Lionel 2020-11-21T20:06:17Z