symbols

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Turn on/off debug symbol table generation.

symbols "switch"

By default, the generated project files will use the compilers default settings for debug symbol generation. This might be on, or off, or entirely dependent on the configuration.

Parameters

switch is an identifier for symbol information.

Option	Availability
Default	Always available
Off	Always available
On	Always available
FastLink	Visual Studio 2015 or newer
Full	Visual Studio 2017 or newer

Applies To

Project configurations.

Availability

Premake 5.0 or later.

Examples

This project generates debug symbol information for better debugging.

project "MyProject"
    symbols "On"

See Also

• symbolspath
• debugformat