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From: James Russell <James_Russell@scee.sony.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Debugging code
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 09:27:29 +0100
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Elliott Lee wrote:
> 
> You could add the following variable at the top of your code:
> 
>         #define SHOW_DEBUG_STUFF
> 
> and whenever you want a debugging statement in your code just put:
> 
>         #ifdef SHOW_DEBUG_STUFF
>           printf( "DEBUG: Initializing Sound...\n" );
>         #endif
> 

Just as an addendum which I find useful, I define 3 macros like so:

#define DEBUG

#ifdef DEBUG
#define debugStr(xxx) printf((xxx))
#define debugStr2(xxx,yyy) printf((xxx),(yyy))
#define debugStr3(xxx,yyy,zzz) printf((xxx),(yyy),(zzz))
#else
#define debugStr(xxx) 
#define debugStr2(xxx,yyy)
#define debugStr3(xxx,yyy,zzz)
#endif

Then I can just go:

	debugStr2("The value of KillerBananaNum = %d\n",killerBananaNum);

If "DEBUG" is not defined, that line isn't even included in the compile. The reason I do this is
that it stops my code getting clogged up with lots if "#ifdef" and "#endif" lines.

Cheers,

James

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