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Explore a comprehensive conference talk from CppCon 2022 on debugging C++ code, delivered by Sebastian Theophil. Dive into the entire debugging process, starting with a program crash and progressing through reproduction, location, understanding, and fixing of complex bugs. Learn essential questions to ask, information to gather, and tools to utilize in debugging. Gain insights from real-world examples encountered over 20 years of experience. Discover techniques for implementing strict error checking, maintaining bug databases, and handling rare occurrences. Master practical debugging skills, including tracing, binary search, and passive assembly analysis. Understand how to classify and approach both big and small problems in C++ programming. Benefit from Theophil's expertise as a long-time developer at think-cell Software and maintainer of the typescripten project.
Nobody Can Program Correctly - Lessons From 20 Years of Debugging C++ Code