#ifdef _DEBUG
void myfunc(my_args);
#else
void myfunc(my_args);
#endif
However, we can always do better - when using #ifdef, specify your intent. The fact that a directive happens to be turned on only in debug mode, that's a different story.
Why? You have more flexibility, being able to turn the directive on/off in both debug and release configurations, or even in other custom configuration you might have.
Case in point:
#include
#ifdef CUSTOM_ASSERT
// even on a failed assertion, we don't break!
#undef assert
#define assert(exp) (void)( (exp) || (custom_assert(#exp, __FILE__, __LINE__), 0) )
void custom_assert(const char *, const char *, unsigned);
#endif
The above allows me to create my custom assert function. This will happen only if CUSTOM_ASSERT is turned on.
For my application , I need this:
- in release, while doing testing
- in debug mode, while deploying application to the customer
2 comments:
See a good discussion about this at http://powerof2games.com/node/10
Good idea. I saw this all over boost but never thought to apply it to my own code. Thanks!
BTW, do you think it would be better to place an "if debug, FEATURE_ON" someplace central in the code (like configuration.h)? Or to define it in the makefile/project file? Personally I would use the configuration.h, but allow any define in the makefile/project to override it (although that would require both FEATURE_ON and FEATURE_OFF).
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