visual studio 2010 - VS2010 C and C++ - enforce ANSI compliance for Linux/gcc compatibility?

Question

I'm taking a class in which I'm required to write some C++ apps for Linux. I really, really dislike the dev tools available under Linux, but I love VS2010.

Is there any sort of compiler switch which will enforce ANSI or gcc compatibility in VC++? Or can I swap the compiler out for gcc and still use the VS environment?

Answer 1

You can disable Microsoft extensions to the ANSI C and ANSI C++ standards by specifying the /Za flag, which will make the compiler emit errors if you use non-standard C and C++ features.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0k0w269d(v=VS.100).aspx

However, this doesn't preclude you from using platform specific headers.