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[jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 27/10/2018 à 11:40, Maciej Suminski a écrit :
> Hi Jean-Pierre,
> 
> On 10/27/18 11:18 AM, jp charras wrote:
> [snip]
>> I tested your patch without any issue on W7 32 bits and gdb.
>>
>> With -DBUILD_SMALL_DEBUG_FILES=ON option, the binaries are about 20 time
>> smaller than without this option.
> 
> True, and there is still enough debug information to get an informative
> backtrace. I recommend enabling the flag for .debug files we will provide.
> 
>> In fact on my 32 bits install, without this option, I cannot load pcbnew
>> from Kicad or with gdb and load a medium complexity board: I am running
>> out of memory.
> 
> I remember having this problem as well on 32 bits Windows XP too.
> 
>> In countries using a comma as FP separator, there is a problem:
>> When loading a bitmap, and perhaps some config files, a wxASSERT is
>> displayed (see attached copy)
>> I tried to fix this wxWidgets alert, but no luck.
> 
> Has the assert appeared after applying the patch? I feel a bit puzzled
> about how the two things might be related.
> 
> Cheers,
> Orson

No, not related to the patch.
It exists since a long time.
It is related to the idea to create a debug build for windows.
Just to be aware of users who will use a debug build on Windows in some
countries will always have this assert.

Thanks.
-- 
Jean-Pierre CHARRAS