C++ vs C Debugging: How Hard Is It?

[Domenico94]

How hard is c++ debugging compared to c?
What do you think o f the sentence:
"It s easier to shoot your foot in c. In c++ it s harder, but when you do, you blow away your whole leg"?
Is it really hard( considering the fact code isn t "context free" and it may vary from compiler to compiler, it s more complex, ecc.)

 

[rootone]

Personally I think C++ is easier to debug when you get used to it..
Because being object orientated, the developer has to structure the code in some sort of orderly manner.
C on the other hand allows for code spaghetti which can be very hard to comprehend at all if it's not well commented.
(Even by the original author!)

 

[Tosh5457]

It's harder to screw up in C++, but I think it's also easier to debug C++. Since in C you need to get into many small details, it's easier to miss a bug when coding, and harder to find one after the code is written. That quote may come from the fact that C++ usually involves much bigger projects than C ones (games and many Windows apps are written in C++), so it's logic that it's harder to debug those bigger programs (unless we're speaking about operative systems and drivers coding, that are usually coded in C/Assembly).

 

[rcgldr]

I think the features in a source level debugger are more important than the differences between C and C++. With a good source level debugger, you can inspect variables and/or objects to view their content, while stepping through a program. Break point and trace point features are also nice to have.