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GLib's configure options and corresponding macros
=================================================
The following Meson configure options will result in certain macros or options
being defined at build time:
`--buildtype={plain,release,minsize,custom}`
: No special macros or options
`--buildtype={debug,debugoptimized}` (`debugoptimized` is the default)
: `-DG_ENABLE_DEBUG -g`
`-Dglib_debug=disabled`
: Omits `G_ENABLE_DEBUG` when implied by `--buildtype`/`-Ddebug`
`-Dglib_debug=enabled`
: Defines `G_ENABLE_DEBUG` regardless of `--buildtype`/`-Ddebug`
`-Dglib_asserts=false`
: `-DG_DISABLE_ASSERT`
`-Dglib_checks=false`
: `-DG_DISABLE_CHECKS`
Besides these, there are some local feature specific options, but the main
focus here is to concentrate on macros that affect overall GLib behaviour
and/or third party code.
GLib's internal and global macros
=================================
`G_DISABLE_ASSERT`
---
The `g_assert()` and `g_assert_not_reached()` macros become non-functional
with this define. The motivation is to speed up end-user apps by
avoiding expensive checks.
This macro can affect third-party code. Defining it when building GLib
will only disable the assertion macros for GLib itself, but third-party code
that passes `-DG_DISABLE_ASSERT` to the compiler in its own build
will end up with the non-functional variants after including `glib.h`
as well.
Note: Code inside the assertion macros should not have side effects
that affect the operation of the program, as they may get compiled out.
`G_DISABLE_CHECKS`
---
This macro is similar to `G_DISABLE_ASSERT`, it affects third-party
code as mentioned above and the note about `G_DISABLE_ASSERT` applies
too.
The macros that become non-functional here are `g_return_if_fail()`,
`g_return_val_if_fail()`, `g_return_if_reached()` and
`g_return_val_if_reached()`.
This macro also switches off certain checks in the GSignal code.
`G_ENABLE_DEBUG`
---
Quite a bit of additional debugging code is compiled into GLib when this
macro is defined, and since it is a globally visible define, third-party code
may be affected by it similarly to `G_DISABLE_ASSERT`.
The additional code executed/compiled for this macro currently includes the
following, but this is not an exhaustive list:
- extra validity checks for `GDate`
- breakpoint abortion for fatal log levels in `gmessages.c` instead of
plain `abort()` to allow debuggers trapping and overriding them
- added verbosity of `gscanner.c` to catch deprecated code paths
- added verbosity of `gutils.c` to catch deprecated code paths
- object and type bookkeeping in `gobject.c`
- extra validity checks in `gsignal.c`
- support for tracking still-alive `GTask`s
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