"BLS" <nanali at nospam-wanadoo.fr> wrote in message 
news:fkm3i6$2emm$1 at digitalmars.com...
> Hi, a silly noob question...
> may I use :
>
> debug
> {
>   CreateTrace();
> }
>
> to replace
> #ifdef _DEBUG
>   CreateTrace();
> #endif
That's what it's there for.