Option -Zd: Emit Line Number Debugging Info
Option -Zd generates line number debug information for OMF and COFF output
format. For other formats, this option is ignored. Line number
information allows a debugger to trace the binary on the source code
level. Debuggers that have been verified to work with this option:
| MS CodeView | OMF | 16-bit, Windows and DOS |
| CDB, NTSD | COFF | 32- and 64-bit, Windows |
| WinDbg | COFF | 32- and 64-bit, Windows |
| MS Visual Studio 2008 | COFF | 32-bit[1], Windows |
| MS Visual Studio 2010 | COFF | 32-bit[1], Windows |
| OW WD/WDW | OMF/COFF | 16- and 32-bit, Windows and DOS |
| PellesC IDE | COFF | 32-bit[1], Windows |
| Borland TD/TDW/TD32 | OMF | 16- and 32-bit, Windows and DOS |
[1]: the 64-bit version of this software should also be able to debug 64-bit debuggees.