On 18.03.23 00:54, Andres Freund wrote:
>> I think a good compromise would be buildtype=debugoptimized, which is -O2
>> with debug symbols, which also sort of matches the default in the autoconf
>> world.
>
> Looks like that'd result in a slightly worse build with msvc, as afaict we
> wouldn't end up with /OPT:REF doesn't get specified, which automatically gets
> disabled if /DEBUG is specified. I guess we can live with that.
I looked up what /OPT:REF does
(https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/opt-optimizations?view=msvc-170),
and it seems pretty obscure to me, at least for development builds.