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Sun Studio Developers

This section shows our responses to your feedback about Sun Studio documentation.


Compiler Options Grouped By Task

You want easier access to information. In particular, you want a faster way to sort through hundreds of compiler options and find the options that are designed to solve your problems.

The Sun Studio 11 C, C++, and Fortran 95 compiler options are now organized by development task and programming language to help you zero in on the best choices. See the Compiler Options tables for more details. After you find the list that most-closely corresponds to your task, follow the links to read in-depth descriptions of the relevent option on docs.sun.com. The following are some sample task groups:


The New Thread Analyzer

The Thread Analyzer is a new addition to the Sun Studio suite which checks the execution of a multi-threaded program for a variety of programming errors such as data races and deadlocks. We created and organized its docs so information is easy to find and features are supported by more examples.

We released the product in the Sun Studio Express program to give you as much time as possible to use the tool and become familiar with it. To start using the Thread Analyzer quickly, see the Readme, man pages, and the following documents:


Solaris Developers

This section shows our responses to your feedback about Solaris Developer documentation.


Many of you wanted help getting oriented and getting started. The Sun Developers Center is responding to your feedback with a series of articles that target new Solaris developers:

Be sure to visit Jyothi Srinath's blog. She regularly provides quick tips for the non-expert users such as the following:

  • Solaris for Newbies
  • Printing Basics on Solaris
  • Using Man Pages in Solaris
  • Zip and Unzip Files on Solaris
  • Changing BIOS Settings on a Toshiba