Sure - I didn't really mean to imply that starting at main() every time was the way to go about things. I guess my point is just that I find it's usually a lot

Sure - I didn't really mean to imply that starting at main() every time was the way to go about things. I guess my point is just that I find it's usually a lot more useful to methodically explore than it is to sit and hypothesize. I dunno, I suppose (like a sibling suggested) it's pretty much the same thing, but I feel like I usually prefer to bust out the debugger as soon as I have any inkling of where the problem could be, rather than spending lots of time beforehand thinking about it.