To clarify, what you would like is a flag to build/compile the application with either OpenMP or stdlibc++?

I think what he means is
To add compiler flags that enable profiling information to the built items in a CMake project, you can follow these steps:

General Approach

1. Add the Flags Globally
   You can set compiler flags globally for all targets in your project using CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS or CMAKE_C_FLAGS in your CMakeLists.txt:

   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -pg")
   set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -pg")

2. Add the Flags for Specific Targets
   You can also add the flags only for specific targets using target_compile_options:

   target_compile_options(your_target_name PRIVATE -pg)
   target_link_options(your_target_name PRIVATE -pg)

Step-by-Step Example

Here’s an example of how you might do it in practice:

Global Profiling Flags

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
project(ProfilingExample)

# Add profiling flags globally
set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -pg")
set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -pg")
set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -pg")

# Add an executable
add_executable(example main.cpp)

Per-Target Profiling Flags

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
project(ProfilingExample)

# Add an executable
add_executable(example main.cpp)

# Add profiling flags to the specific target
target_compile_options(example PRIVATE -pg)
target_link_options(example PRIVATE -pg)

Explanation of the -pg Flag

The -pg compiler flag enables profiling information for tools such as gprof. Adding it to both compile and link stages ensures the profiling data is properly embedded in the resulting binaries.

Verify the Profiling Information

After building your project, run the executable to generate profiling data (usually a gmon.out file). Analyze it with gprof:

gprof ./example gmon.out > analysis.txt

Let me know if you need help integrating these steps into your project!

@damskii9992 something like Anders wrote with something like this:

<Conan command> <Enable OpenMP> <Use profiling flag>
<Conan command> <Enable stdlibc++ thread> <Use profiling flag>

Also, could you do a flag to enable address sanitizers?

Hello Victor
I have just opened a small PR to show how flags such as these can be passed to the compiler when building with conan:
#773
The method is simply to create a new profile with the flags under the [conf] section and then to use this profile when running Conan.
Cheers