Author Topic: Debug vs release (Read 4160 times)

Hugo · « **on:** July 11, 2010, 07:10:25 am »

Sorry, ive been asking,lots of questions lately
What is the difference between debug and release .dll's?
And what is the difference between debug and release builds?

Hiura · « **Reply #1 on:** July 11, 2010, 10:37:17 am »

Debug is for development 'cause if (for example) your application crashes you can have some information like what appended right before.

Release is for , hum, release :wink:
You build your application in release when you're about to give/sell it. Release configuration means some optimization (faster execution).

But keep in mind that «debug» and «release» are only name and that everything is about compiler's options.

Hugo · « **Reply #2 on:** July 11, 2010, 05:26:05 pm »

Thank you
Also, congrats on the level five
So debug shows what the program returned right? Like1, 0, 1087530....
As in
return 0;

And drelease takes off all the confusing numbers and the console window?

Hiura · « **Reply #3 on:** July 13, 2010, 05:55:56 pm »

Not exactly, the best you can do is learn how to use a debugger to see what are the benefits of debug vs release.

About the console window : it's not related at all with the compiler. Some IDEs provide a GUI/non-GUI version of your project (it's something platform specific). You can tell debug version to have no console if you want.