Languages

Build systems

C

clang/gcc/tcc.. -g# simpler C compilers like tcc dont have optimisation levelsclang/gcc -O0/O1/-O2/-O3# prefer -O0 for getting more debugging symbols

C++

clang/gcc -gclang/gcc -O0/O1/-O2/-O3# prefer -O0 for getting more debugging symbols

Rust

RUSTFLAGS=-g cargo build# better use profiles in `Cargo.toml`RUSTFLAGS='-g --opt-level=1' cargo build# Both are slow to write and force debugging info for all projects.

Zig

zig build-exe -O Debug

CMake

# `CMakeLists.txt` can require hard to understand stuff like `set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" CACHE STRING FORCE)` for debugging.cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="Debug"# keep it simple. `RelWithDebInfo` also an option

Meson

meson setup buildfolder ----buildtype debug# default is `debug`meson configure ----buildtype`debug|debugoptimized`# default is debug