note that you can also add breakpoints directly to your code, in the same way as printf, no ide needed. sadly there is no standard way to do this (c++ is repor

note that you can also add breakpoints directly to your code, in the same way as printf, no ide needed. sadly there is no standard way to do this (c++ is reportedly getting one in '26: https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/breakpoint https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/breakpoint), so you just need to use what your platform provides. here's a partial list: https://stackoverflow.com/a/49079078 https://stackoverflow.com/a/49079078 e.g. __debugbreak in msvc, asm("int3") on x86[_64], raise(SIGTRAP) in posix.