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

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-02 13:52:01

on Wed May 02 2007, "Prashant Thakre" <prashant.thakre-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>> --
>> 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.

Ah, thanks.

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