attribute.
.TP
.I \-debug, \-debug+
-Generate debugging information. To obtain stack traces with debugging
+Generate debugging information. To obtain stack traces with debugging
information, you need to invoke the mono runtime with the `--debug'
-flag. This debugging information is stored inside the assembly as a
-resource.
+flag. The debugging information is stored in a MDB file located in
+same output folder as produced assembly.
.TP
.I \-debug-
Do not generate debugging information.
Restrict the compiler to use only the features available in C# 4.0
specification.
.TP
-.I "future"
+.I "experimental"
Enables unstable features from upcoming versions of the language.
.PP
Notice that this flag only restricts the language features available to
-the programmer. A version of produced assemblies can be controled using
+the programmer. A version of produced assemblies can be controlled using
.I SDK
option.
.ne
list WARNLIST>
.TP
.I -optimize, -optimize+, -optimize-
-Controls whether to perform optimizations on the code. -optimize and
+Controls compiler code generation optimizations on the code. Using -optimize or
-optimize+ will turn on optimizations, -optimize- will turn it off.
-The default in mcs is to optimize+.
+The default in mcs is to optimize-. The option can be mixed with -debug
+but for the best debugging experience it is recommended leave the options off.
.TP
.I -out:FNAME, -o FNAME
Names the output file to be generated.
available on a typical dotnet framework installation, notice that this
does not include all of the Mono libraries, only the System.* ones. This
is a convenient shortcut for those porting code.
-.TP
-.I \-pkg:olive
-Use this to reference the "Olive" libraries (the 3.0 and 3.5 extended
-libraries).
-.TP
-.I \-pkg:silver
-References the assemblies for creating Moonlight/Silverlight
-applications.
-.TP
-.I \-pkg:silverdesktop
-Use this option to create Moonlight/Silverlight applications that
-target the desktop. This option allows developers to consume the
-Silverlight APIs with the full 2.0 profile API available to them,
-unlike
-.I smcs
-it gives full access to all the APIs that are part of Mono. The only
-downside is that applications created with silverdesktop will not run
-on the browser. Typically these applications will be launched
-with the
-.I mopen
-command line tool.
-.TP
-For more details see the PACKAGE section in this document
.ne
.RE
.TP
.I \-platform:ARCH
Used to specify the target platform. The possible values are: anycpu,
-x86, x64 or itanium. As of June 2009, the Mono runtime only have support
-to emit anycpu and x86 assemblies.
+anycpu32bitpreferred, arm, x86, x64 or itanium. The default option is
+anycpu.
.TP
.I -resource:RESOURCE[,ID]
Embeds to the given resource file. The optional ID can be used to
.SH LICENSE
The Mono Compiler Suite is released under the terms of the GNU GPL or
the MIT X11. Please read the accompanying `COPYING' file for details.
-Alternative licensing for the compiler is available from Novell.
+Alternative licensing for the compiler is available from Xamarin.
.PP
.SH SEE ALSO
csharp(1), mdb(1), mono(1), mopen(1), pkg-config(1), sn(1)
.SH BUGS
To report bugs in the compiler, you must file them on our bug tracking
system, at:
-http://www.mono-project.com/Bugs
+http://www.mono-project.com/community/bugs/
.SH MAILING LIST
-The Mono Mailing lists are listed at http://www.mono-project.com/Mailing_Lists
+The Mono Mailing lists are listed at http://www.mono-project.com/community/help/mailing-lists/
.SH MORE INFORMATION
The Mono C# compiler was developed by Novell, Inc
-(http://www.novell.com, http) and is based on the
+(http://www.novell.com) and Xamarin Inc (http://www.xamarin.com) is based on the
ECMA C# language standard available here:
http://www.ecma.ch/ecma1/STAND/ecma-334.htm
.PP
-The home page for the Mono C# compiler is at http://www.mono-project.com/CSharp_Compiler
+The home page for the Mono C# compiler is at http://www.mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/languages/csharp/