Dicebot on leaving D: It is anarchy driven development in all its glory.

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On Sunday, 26 August 2018 at 23:39:32 UTC, Manu wrote:
> You should try using VisualD to debug DMD some time. You'll 
> quickly
> discover edge cases trying to evaluate all the relevant state 
> while
> stepping around. C++ RTTI is a problem (can't identify derived 
> type in
> debugger), globals are a problem, TLS is a problem.
> The minor edge cases emerge frequently enough that they convey 
> a sense
> of immaturity. I'll start taking note everything I encounter a 
> minor
> debugging issue.


It's not just VisualD, the debug info DMD produces just doesn't 
include things like global variables for some reason. I use VS 
Code to debug, I get around it by using -gc (which is now 
deprecated) and adding the variable to the watch list with the 
full name. It's a pain in the ass though.