Ever wondered how conditional breakpoints are implemented in debuggers?
Ok, one picture is worth thousands words
First line is devenv.exe, third line - debugged process.
Here conditional breakpoint is inserted in tight loop, incurring a lot of context switches.
That's why conditional breakpoints are so slow.
Ok, one picture is worth thousands words
Here conditional breakpoint is inserted in tight loop, incurring a lot of context switches.
That's why conditional breakpoints are so slow.
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