Optimization and flags for making a static library with g++

Question

I am just starting with g++ compiler on Linux and got some questions on the compiler flags. Here are they

Optimizations

I read about optimizatio

Answer 1

In regards to the Static library question the answer given by David Cournapeau is correct but you can alternatively use the 's' flag with 'ar' rather than running ranlib on your static library file. The 'ar' manual page states that

Running ar s on an archive is equivalent to running ranlib on it.

Whichever method you use is just a matter of personal preference.