How to use googletest Failures into Break-Points - c++

I recently discovered the Failures into Break-Points - option from googletest using the command line option gtest_break_on_failure or by defining the GTEST_BREAK_ON_FAILURE environment variable.
I gave it a try using gtest_break_on_failure. From command line, I saw no effect (to be honest I had the glimpse of hope that VS2010 would be registered as debugger and somehow magically would pop up and point to the error source).
Using it in the VS environment as command line argument a failed assertion triggered a break but the call stack did not include the test method that caused the failure. I found the work around to step (F10) until I reached my test code, but that does not really seem to be convenient.
Is it somehow possible to use the option from command line ?
Has anybody a recommendation how to get the correct call stack in the environment?

From VS, you can add --gtest_break_on_failure to the Command Args in the target's Property Pages, then just run the exe without stepping over.
From the command line, you should be able to run the Debug executable with the flags --gtest_break_on_failure --gtest_catch_exceptions=0 and this should allow you to break into the MSVC debugger when the test fails.

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i don't know what is wrong with vs code in running cpp

i just started to code in cpp and nothing is working idk if i didn't install the gcc properly or what but i already set the path of the bin file idk why it refuses to run
the code:
#include<iostream>
int main()
{
std::cout<<"hello";
}
and the problem is that when I try to use the "code runner extension" it is not working so I just press f5 and then when I get the error messages which says at first "could not find the task file'c/c++:g++.exe build active file' " and I get three options 1:debug anyway
2:configure task
3:cancel
when I choose debug anyway I get this error here
Since you're on windows consider installing Visual Studio or CLion. They're more beginner friendly - VSCode can get tricky to run c++ on windows. Either way, looks like you're trying to run your project without building it first. There should be a build option right next to the run option. Try building it, then running. The build is what compiles and creates the project.exe file, which is what the compiler is saying isn't there.
The referenced IDE's always auto-build on run, so there's that
If you're familiar with using the command line, these commands will do what you want, assuming the .cpp file is in your current directory.
g++ <FILENAME>
./a.out
There are wonderful flags you can add to the first command (the compiling command) like -Wall, -Wextra, -o, and many more. But, since it seems like you're just starting out, there's no need to worry about those!
If you're not familiar with the command line, I would encourage you to become familiar! It is an extremely powerful tool for a programmer. Here is a YouTube video that talks about it.

Visual Studio 2015 does not break on assert in gtest [duplicate]

I recently discovered the Failures into Break-Points - option from googletest using the command line option gtest_break_on_failure or by defining the GTEST_BREAK_ON_FAILURE environment variable.
I gave it a try using gtest_break_on_failure. From command line, I saw no effect (to be honest I had the glimpse of hope that VS2010 would be registered as debugger and somehow magically would pop up and point to the error source).
Using it in the VS environment as command line argument a failed assertion triggered a break but the call stack did not include the test method that caused the failure. I found the work around to step (F10) until I reached my test code, but that does not really seem to be convenient.
Is it somehow possible to use the option from command line ?
Has anybody a recommendation how to get the correct call stack in the environment?
From VS, you can add --gtest_break_on_failure to the Command Args in the target's Property Pages, then just run the exe without stepping over.
From the command line, you should be able to run the Debug executable with the flags --gtest_break_on_failure --gtest_catch_exceptions=0 and this should allow you to break into the MSVC debugger when the test fails.

Can't set breakpoint in GDB with Golang due to error "no source file named model/page.go"

I am trying to debug a Go-program using gdb and setting breakpoints works normally in all packages, except for one. In my src-folder I have 3 subfolders that each contain packages:
crawler/
crawler.go
model/
page.go
urlutils/
urlutils.go
I cannot set a breakpoint in page.go on any line as it gives me the following error:
(gdb) break model/page.go:14
No source file named model/page.go.
Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n])
I do not understand why this is happening with only this one package. "model/page" is also an import in the file that contains the main function and is used when the program runs, so it must be in the executable. Does anyone have an idea?
I found a solution:
I needed to add a flag to my go build command:
go build -gcflags "-N -l" launch.go
This disables the code optimization performed by the go compiler which lead to my breakpoint working. The paths were correct and also the absolute path didn't work.
Nevertheless, thank you tomwilde for pointing me into a direction.

GDB and NS2: how to stop program at some Function call

I am using gdb to debug NS-2 which is a simulator for network protocols. It takes an .tcl file as input and interpret it. [I think it is an interpreter.]
Some of the code is written in tcl (events and creation of network components) and some in C++ (especially Packet Formats, Agents etc.).
I have created an Agent in C++ and i want to stop it at some function call so that i can see the stack trace and find which other classes have been called before it.
This is what i have done:
There was some error in one of my MyAgent::function and it was giving Segmentation Fault and gdb was stopping there automatically. I could then see the stack trace. I rectified the error.
Now when i run
gdb ./ns
b MyAgent::function()
/*
When i press TAB after writing "b MyA" it gives me all functions
of my class :). when i press enter after above command --
it asks me "Breakpoint on future shared library load" and i say Yes.
I hope this is ok ??
*/
r myfiles/myWireless.tcl
Now it runs and do not stop anywhere. :(
I am sure that this function is being called, because when that Segmentation fault was occuring, it was stopping at that function.
Thanks
You can add a breakpoint in that function:
(gdb) break MyAgent::function()
You must make sure to compile with whatever options are necessary to get debug symbols. On GCC, use the -g or -ggdb options.
You need the -args option to specify the tcl script that will be executed.
Run gdb like this:
gdb -args ./ns path/to/tcl/script.tcl
To enable debug flag to c++ code, if have not done it already, re-configure your ns2 instalation with:
./configure --enable-debug ;# plus any other flags you use for configuring
make clean
make -j 3 ;# -j for faster compiling
make install ;# optional
You can also use the --with-tcldebug=..., for debugging tcl code (You need to install tcldebug first for this option)

Additional Command Line Arguments for Running Program in Code::Blocks?

Many IDEs allow you to add some custom command line arguments which are used when the IDE runs your program after compilation. E.g my program is pro_ext_changer.exe, I'd like to add a --backup option when running it:
pro_ext_changer.exe --backup
I haven't found a way to do this in Code::Blocks. How do you do it?
[Project] → [Set program's arguments…]
I didn't know that but I just fired up Code::Blocks, which I've only toyed with, and I looked around.