Debugging on Windows

[Mike Shah]

On Wednesday, 16 April 2025 at 20:08:00 UTC, Arokh Slade wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to get debugging on windows 10 to work.
> d_test.d
> ```D
> void main() {
> 	int i;
> }
> ```
> I compile with:
> dmd -g -gf -m64 .\d_test.d
>
> I load the msvc debugger with
> devenv /DebugExe .\d_test.exe
>
> latest visualD installed.
>
> I can step into the program, but when I add `i` to the watch 
> window,
> msvs 2022 enters an infinite loop, allocating memory 
> indefinitely (I watched until it passed 10GB).
>
> Any tips?
> How do other people debug on windows?

I have somewhere some instructions on windbg which my students 
pointed me to at some point. Have you given that a try? I can try 
to find them in the meantime.