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From: Xi Ruoyao <xry111@mengyan1223.wang>
To: RICHU NORMAN <richunorman@cusat.ac.in>, gcc-help <gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Printing statements from compiler
Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2022 03:18:39 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <60cdb5bc954bf8917c4f7829432abde4d33b3f67.camel@mengyan1223.wang> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPhpueXUykvN3NKJ+ZC6MuywHk0kLBc9jdbr3NLkC1aLQUGfmw@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, 2022-04-04 at 23:39 +0530, RICHU NORMAN wrote:
> Hi,
> I am a beginner in gcc development
> 1. Is there a way to use print statements in gcc to track the flow or debug
> the code?

AFAIK you can call fprintf to print to stderr.  But it's not a "print
statement": there is no such concept in C++.

> 2. After each edit do we use 'make' to build the gcc?

Yes.

> 3. Is there a way to individually compile the edited files, as using 'make'
> takes more time?

Why would it take more time?  make tracks the timestamps of files and
only recompile a file when it's necessary.
-- 
Xi Ruoyao <xry111@mengyan1223.wang>
School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University

  reply	other threads:[~2022-04-04 19:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-04-04 18:09 RICHU NORMAN
2022-04-04 19:18 ` Xi Ruoyao [this message]
2022-04-04 19:57   ` RICHU NORMAN

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