[Quantlib-users] Issue Debugging the actual QuantLib core code

[Alexandros F. <ale...@gm...>]

Hi,

I am trying to build Quatlib in MacOS and use it in debug mode (i.e I want to be able to debug the core .cpp files)

I used the instructions here https://www.quantlib.org/install/macosx.shtml

I have installed boost using home-brew in: /opt/homebrew/include. I was able to build using make command and the example of Bermudan swaption works fine, when I run it from command line. So I assume the installation works.

Folders:
/Users/alex/local/include/ql/ (containing the .hpp files)
/Users/alex/local/lib (containing libQuantLib.a and libQuantLib.dylib)

Both have been created

When I try to  open the Quantlib folder with  VSCode  I was able to debug, /QuantLib-1.38/Examples/CDS/CDS.cpp. (step into the file)





However, when I try to step into all the .cpp files of Quantlib (example Date.cpp, TermStructure.cpp etc)  I fail. When I put a breakpoint there in any of the .cpp files inside ql folder I see “Module containing this breakpoint has not yet loaded”
Also In the /ql folder I can see the .o file for date.cpp has been created.

Is there another process I need to follow to build the library in a “Debug” mode? Maybe an extra configuration when doing:

./configure --with-boost-include=/usr/local/include/ \
            --prefix=${HOME}/local/ \
            CXXFLAGS='-O2 -stdlib=libstdc++ -mmacosx-version-min=10.6' \
            LDFLAGS='-stdlib=libstdc++ -mmacosx-version-min=10.6'

I have used the QuantLib in Visual Studio an d windows before and there after the Build you could step into any file by default/ modify the core code etc with no issues.

Thanks,
Alex