Re: Debug builds

[Matthias]

Bernd Strieder wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Matthias wrote:
>
>
> > "This debug mode is available with GCC 3.4.0 and later versions."
> >
> > I guess that explains why I didn't find that flag in the headers. I
> > only have 3.3.4 at hands. Well, bad luck I guess.
>
>
> You did not tell the truth. In the previous post you said:
>
>
> > I am using the GNU C++ implementation, gcc 3.4.3.

I stand corrected, my apologies. gcc 3.3.4 is correct.
Actually I just checked again and it's 3.3.5, but we don't want to be 
nit-pick here. ;-D
Let's just say, I am using gcc 3.3.x.

> If you are ready to recompile all C++ parts of your project, you might
> consider using g++-3.4.3. It has a new parser, which is stricter. There
> are possibly a lot of simple changes in template-heavy code to get your
> code working under g++-3.4 and g++-3.3. gcc-3.4.3 is faster, especially
> in debugging builds and produces faster code. You could do release
> builds with the old compiler.

Hm, that sounds reasonable, but I use the one that came with Debian 
Sarge. I tried to set up a newer gcc version on my own -- once, and 
never again. It was a major pain in the b... back.
Guess I have to take a long breath and wait for Debian to ship 3.4.x --
which will of course not happen until 3.4.x is outdated on every other 
Linux distro imaginable. Sigh.

> You might consider using STLport. It has debugging features and it
> should be usable with g++-3.3. But recompiling might be necessary,
> nevertheless.

Oh, yes, I have heard a lot of good things about STLport. Maybe I'll 
look into that.

Thanks.

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Regards,
Matthias