debug doesn't work?

[H. S. Teoh]

On Fri, Sep 06, 2013 at 12:18:44AM +0200, Ramon wrote:
> The compiler switch '-debug' isn't recognized (which isn't a problem
> per se, but...)
> 
> "debug" statements in the code are ignored.
> 
> Example:
> 
> ...
> debug
>    writeln("DBG: var X is: ", X, "'");
> 
> ...
> 
> When in the debugger (gdb) the "debug" section (the 2 lines above)
> are simply ignored/stepped over.
> 
> Is this a problem or is it me not knowing how to do it properly?
[...]

GDC uses a slightly modified form of DMD compile flags. The flag you're
looking for is -fdebug.

HTH.


T

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