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[Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh, I'm extremely impressed.  It was fixed within a few minutes of my build
cluster complaining.

I was just wondering in general if a Release mode would be useful on my
cluster, and I don't think it would be of general use enough to justify
doing it for every checkin. :)

Adam Wolf
Wayne and Layne, LLC
On May 2, 2013 3:26 PM, "Dick Hollenbeck" <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 05/02/2013 01:53 PM, Adam Wolf wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > This is also showing up on my build cluster as of 4129.  Should I add an
> additional build
> > that builds in Release mode?  Is this generally helpful for diagnosing
> bad builds?
>
> The debug build is more beneficial to finding an explanation for bugs,
> there are some
> asserts which would popup a window, whereas the release build may run
> slightly faster, it
> would crash at that same hypothetical bug site.
>
> I would not make any changes.  Realize we are now running at lightspeed.
>  That problem was
> fixed within 15 minutes of it being reported.  I recognized it,
> Jean-Pierre took my tip
> and fixed it instantly later.  Its all code language, literally.
>
> He and I can almost communicate by ESP now, coming up on seven years now.
>  :)
>
> Dick
>
>
>