DebugBreak is the user-mode break routine of Microsoft Windows.
DebugBreak is the user-mode break routine of Microsoft Windows.
Questions tagged [debugbreak]
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Is there a portable equivalent to DebugBreak()/__debugbreak?
In MSVC, DebugBreak() or __debugbreak cause a debugger to break. On x86 it is equivalent to writing "_asm int 3", on x64 it is something different. When compiling with gcc (or any other standard compiler) I want to do a break into debugger, too. Is…
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How can I use DebugBreak() in C#?
What is the syntax and which namespace/class needs to be imported? Give me sample code if possible. It would be of great help.
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Xcode equivalent of ' __asm int 3 / DebugBreak() / Halt?
What's the instruction to cause a hard-break in Xcode? For example under Visual Studio I could do '_asm int 3' or 'DebugBreak()'. Under some GCC implementations it's asm("break 0") or asm("trap").
I've tried various combos under Xcode without any…
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What is the best way of implementing assertion checking in C++?
By that I mean, what do I need to do to have useful assertions in my code?
MFC is quite easy, i just use ASSERT(something).
What's the non-MFC way?
Edit: Is it possible to stop assert breaking in assert.c rather than than my file which called…
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What is the best way to attach a debugger to a process in VC++ at just the right point in time?
When debugging, sometimes you need to attach an already running process instead of just starting the application in a debugger.
It's common for myself to put in a Sleep() or MessageBox call, so that it's easier to attach a debugger. I worry that…
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How to disable a programmatical breakpoint / assert?
I am using Visual Studio, developing a native application, I have a programmatical breakpoint (assert) in my code placed using __asm int 3 or __debugbreak. Sometimes when I hit it, I would like to disable it so that successive hits in the same…
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DebugBreak in Unix/ Linux?
Do we have similar windows API of DebugBreak in Unix/ Linux. I want to debug a daemon process which should open NetBeans when DebugBreak statement is executed. Thanks in advance.
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How to handle V8 engine crash when process runs out of memory
Both node console and Qt5's V8-based QJSEngine can be crashed by the following code:
a = []; for (;;) { a.push("hello"); }
node's output before crash:
FATAL ERROR: JS Allocation failed - process out of memory
QJSEngine's output before crash:
#
#…
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how to attach to a process that loads my DLL and debug it
basically, I am developing a DLL (an open interface) that will be used by a third party software. I want to debug my DLL after it is loaded by this thirdparty DLL, because I found a specific bug that only happens when my DLL is loaded by this third…
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__debugbreak statement not triggering breakpoint
In my visual C++ code I have introduced a __debugbreak statement for triggering a breakpoint. I have compiled the project with /CLR option. But it does not trigger a breakpoint during execution. Why does this happen? Please help before I shoot…
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How to install a DebugBreak handler?
We are setting up Appveyor for our Visual Studio solution, which produces a C++ library. A few of our tests [dumb] fuzz C++ objects to ensure they don't do something unexpected. Under debug builds it causes an assert to fire (and in release builds…
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cant debug using __asm int 3 or DebugBreak or __debugbreak() on win7 64 bit
i cant launch the visual studio 2008 debugger by using _asm int 3, or _debugbreak(), or DebugBreak(). I am trying to debug a C++ DLL by embedding "__asm int 3;" in it, build the project and replace the generated dll with the one that is launched by…
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Is Debugbreak() occupies memory in c++?
When I want to new an object in C++, I need to consider what should I do when there is not enough memory, so I wrote the following code:
CacheHeapItem* m_Items;
try{
m_Items = new CacheHeapItem[m_Count];
}catch(const bad_alloc& e){
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Behavior of DebugBreak differs between unmanaged and mixed (unmanaged+managed) application?
Take the following simple source (name it test.cpp):
#include
void main()
{
DebugBreak();
}
Compile and link this using the following commands:
cl /MD /c test.cpp
link /debug test.obj
If TEST.EXE is now run (on a 64-bit Windows 7…
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Cleanest way to explicitly crash an application?
My application has custom crash-handling built-in (see John Robbins' excellent book about "Debugging Windows Applications"). To test this functionality, I always used the Windows function DebugBreak() and this always worked perfectly. But since…
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