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Do compilers help with debugging

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Anonymous

17y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

Well, mostly compilers help with debugging indirectly. Obviously, it is impossible to debug without a compiler, since debugging generally involves making changes to the program being debugged, recompiling and running it.

Also, compilers help with debugging, by inserting debug information into the output object code - debuggers use this in order to display run-time information about the state of the program. This allows the developer to see the value of variables during the program run. The compiler puts the name of the variable into the code, since otherwise it would be stripped out and it would just be a memory location.

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17y ago

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