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--- programming:visual_studio:configure_visual_studio [2023/06/25 17:42] – peter
+++ programming:visual_studio:configure_visual_studio [2023/06/25 17:47] (current) – peter
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 Within .vscode,
+Add some more compiler arguments (also called flags) to tasks.json.
 <code json tasks.json>
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 }
 </code>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**
+  * The arguments **-Wall**, **-Wextra**, **-Wconversion**, **-Wsign-conversion**, and **-Wshadow** will instruct the compiler to warn us about many different types of common mistakes.
+    * VS Code will then display these warnings right in the editor.
+    * This is an incredibly useful feature, which will automatically detect and help prevent potential bugs in our code.
+    * Never develop any C or C++ program without turning on all of these warning flags!
+  * In addition, **-Wpedantic** and **-std=c23** will instruct GCC to comply with the ISO C23 standard, the most recent standard, which will ensure that our program is maximally portable and can be compiled on other standards-complying compilers without too much hassle.
+  * On Windows only, we should add the flag **-D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=1**, which will ensure that printing to the terminal follows the C standard.
+</WRAP>
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 </code>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  The string **${workspaceFolder}** will automatically be replaced with the current workspace folder, so this will configure debugging sessions so that your program opens files from that folder.
+</WRAP>