Why #pragma optimize(“”, off)

Question

I\'m reviewing a C++ MFC project. At the beginning of some of the files there is this line:

#pragma optimize(\"\", off)

I get that this turns o

Answer 1

I have used this exclusively to get better debug information in a particular set of code with the rest of the application is compiled with the optimization on. This is very useful when running with a full debug build is impossible due to the performance requirement of your application.