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David Haley
David Haley

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How to debug Cython C?? 🤔

I'm writing a Cython optimization of a Python algorithm. It's wrong 😑 and I'm trying to debug it.

I have a python debugger in the IDE obvs, but how do I debug the C?

I was optimistic about the docs: https://cython.readthedocs.io/en/latest/src/userguide/debugging.html

… but the instructions seem to be Linux-only, and I can't find comparable packages for Mac: python-dbg python-numpy-dbg

Meanwhile I am reduced to this:

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Pierre Gradot

What I would do: download VirtualBox, download Ubuntu's latest ISO, setup eveything, try to reproduce on Linux, leverage the tools you have found :)

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David Haley

Ah! Yeah, that would work. It also sounds like a lot of work 😅

Well, if I can't figure it out with print statements soon, I have this path. Thanks 😁