Re: [Boost-build] debug variant and -D_DEBUG on windows

From: Prashant Thakre (prashant.thakre_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-02 13:10:03

On 02/05/07, David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> I notice that we're not defining _DEBUG anywhere for the Boost.Build
> debug variant on windows.  Various win32 debugging idioms
> (e.g. ASSERT) depend on this symbol being defined, but I'm not enough
> of a Windows expert to form an opinion on whether our tools should
> define it.
>
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> Dave Abrahams
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 The compiler defines "_DEBUG" when you specify the /MTd or /MDd
option. These options specify debug versions of the C run-time
library.

-- 
regards,
Prashant Thakre