Visual D Map Files

[Rainer Schuetze via Digitalmars-d-debugger]

On 09.08.2017 22:16, Johnson wrote:
> Do generating these at all help with anything? e.g., what does full 
> and/or cross-references do as far as the debugging experience is 
> concerned? Does it add anything that none does as far as dmd, mago, and 
> visual D is concerned?

The map files are a human digestible log of what the linker did. It 
shows you what has ended up in the binary and how much space it takes 
up. It is not used/needed for the debugger.

A machine can do nice things with it, too. Try feeding it into 
http://thecybershadow.net/d/mapview/