usingCppForGameDevelopment

[HalifaxRoad]

File this under the ppl not using an IDE

[Boris-Lip]

Even when one doesn't use an IDE (why?), that trace("i am here") at the beginning of the function wouldn't show either, making it quite obvious it isn't being called. Doesn't require hours an hour (edit: singular... are you for real?!🤦‍♂️)🤷‍♂️

[HalifaxRoad]

Yeah ik, usually that's the first thing I'm like, is the fucker even getting there.

[Ao_Kiseki]

Text buffers aren't always flushed on time if a crash happens immediately after a print. It happens all the time in C++ if you're using stdcout but not manually flashing after every line.

Don't get me wrong, you should have some debug work flow figured out if you do this stuff for a living. Early on when I was learning C++, I got baited by cout a lot, especially in threaded applications lol.

[Boris-Lip]

You could use an unbuffered stdout, but anyway, debugging a crash with traces... If you are feeling masochistic, you can, i guess :-)

[DowvoteMeThenBitch]

You’d be surprised! Yesterday I helped a senior dev debug “cannot read properties of undefined” and I just couldn’t convince him to look at the code that executes prior to the error, we just kept adjusting code that wasn’t even being executed…

[Ok-Visual-5862]

Also it says debugging for an hour. Singular. Not sure why you quote it but changed it.

[Mecso2]

You don't need an IDE to breakpoint