Chapter 25
Out, Bugs!
IN THIS CHAPTER
Inserting code to help you debug
Configuring a project for debugging
Using Code::Blocks’ GNU debugger
Stepping through a program
Checking the values of variables
Writing better error messages
Everyone writes buggy code. Not intentionally, of course. Even the best programmers get lazy or sloppy and do silly things. Stray semicolons, misplaced commas, and missing curly brackets happen to all programmers. Fortunately, the compiler catches a lot of this crummy code. Fix the source code and recompile to deal with those annoying, typical bugs.
For deeper problems, flaws in logic, or maybe code boo-boos that aren’t easy to find, it helps to have a little assistance. That assistance comes in the form of debugging your code, which you can do manually or with the help of a debugger. The goal is to see what’s gone wrong.
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