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Debugging within the FreeType sources
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I. Configuration macros
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There are several ways to enable debugging features in a FreeType 2
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builds. This is controlled through the definition of special macros
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located in the file "ftoptions.h". The macros are:
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FT_DEBUG_LEVEL_ERROR
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#define this macro if you want to compile the FT_ERROR macro calls
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to print error messages during program execution. This will not
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stop the program. Very useful to spot invalid fonts during
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development and to code workarounds for them.
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FT_DEBUG_LEVEL_TRACE
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#define this macro if you want to compile both macros FT_ERROR and
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FT_TRACE. This also includes the variants FT_TRACE0, FT_TRACE1,
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FT_TRACE2, ..., FT_TRACE6.
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The trace macros are used to send debugging messages when an
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appropriate "debug level" is configured at runtime through the
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FT2_DEBUG environment variable (more on this later).
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FT_DEBUG_MEMORY
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If this macro is #defined, the FreeType engine is linked with a
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small but effective debugging memory manager that tracks all
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allocations and frees that are performed within the font engine.
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When the FT2_DEBUG_MEMORY environment variable is defined at
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runtime, a call to FT_Done_FreeType will dump memory statistics,
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including the list of leaked memory blocks with the source locations
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where these were allocated. It is always a very good idea to define
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this in development builds. This works with _any_ program linked to
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FreeType, but requires a big deal of memory (the debugging memory
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manager never frees the blocks to the heap in order to detect double
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frees).
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When FT2_DEBUG_MEMORY isn't defined at runtime, the debugging memory
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manager is ignored, and performance is unaffected.
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II. Debugging macros
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--------------------
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Several macros can be used within the FreeType sources to help debugging
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its code:
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1. FT_ERROR(( ... ))
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This macro is used to send debug messages that indicate relatively
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serious errors (like broken font files), but will not stop the
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execution of the running program. Its code is compiled only when
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either FT_DEBUG_LEVEL_ERROR or FT_DEBUG_LEVEL_TRACE are defined in
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"ftoption.h".
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Note that you have to use a printf-like signature, but with double
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parentheses, like in:
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FT_ERROR(( "your %s is not %s\n", "foo", "bar" ));
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2. FT_ASSERT( condition )
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This macro is used to check strong assertions at runtime. If its
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condition isn't TRUE, the program will abort with a panic message.
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Its code is compiled when either FT_DEBUG_LEVEL_ERROR or
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FT_DEBUG_LEVEL_TRACE are defined. You don't need double-parentheses
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here. For example:
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FT_ASSERT( ptr != NULL );
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3. FT_TRACE( level, (message...) )
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The FT_TRACE macro is used to send general-purpose debugging
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messages during program execution. This macro uses an *implicit*
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macro named FT_COMPONENT used to name the current FreeType component
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being run.
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The developer should always define FT_COMPONENT as appropriate, for
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example as in:
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#undef FT_COMPONENT
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#define FT_COMPONENT trace_io
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The value of the FT_COMPONENT macro is an enumeration named
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trace_XXXX where XXXX is one of the component names defined in the
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internal file <freetype/internal/fttrace.h>.
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Each such component is assigned a "debug level", ranging from 0
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to 6, through the use of the FT2_DEBUG environment variable
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(described below) when a program linked with FreeType starts.
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When FT_TRACE is called, its level is compared to the one of the
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corresponding component. Messages with trace levels *higher* than
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the corresponding component level are filtered and never printed.
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This means that trace messages with level 0 are always printed,
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those with level 2 are only printed when the component level is *at
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least* 2.
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The second parameter to FT_TRACE must contain parentheses and
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correspond to a printf-like call, as in:
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FT_TRACE( 2, ( "your %s is not %s\n", "foo", "bar" ) )
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The shortcut macros FT_TRACE0, FT_TRACE1, FT_TRACE2_, ... FT_TRACE6
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can be used with constant level indices, and are much cleaner to
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use, as in
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FT_TRACE2(( "your %s is not %s\n", "foo", "bar" ));
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III. Environment variables
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The following environment variables control debugging output and
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behaviour of FreeType at runtime:
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FT2_DEBUG
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This variable is only used when FreeType is built with
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FT_DEBUG_LEVEL_TRACE defined. It contains a list of component level
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definitions, following this format:
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component1:level1 component2:level2 component3:level3 ...
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where "componentX" is the name of a tracing component, as defined in
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"fttrace.h", but without the "trace_" prefix. "levelX" is the
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corresponding level to use at runtime.
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"any" is a special component name that will be interpreted as
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"any/all components". For example, the following definitions
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set FT2_DEBUG=any:2 memory:5 io:4 (on Windows)
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export FT2_DEBUG="any:2 memory:5 io:4" (on Linux with bash)
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both stipulate that all components should have level 2, except for
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the memory and io components which will be set to trace levels 5
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and 4, respectively.
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FT2_DEBUG_MEMORY
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This environment variable, when defined, tells FreeType to use a
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debugging memory manager that will track leaking memory blocks as
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well as other common errors like double frees. It is also capable
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of reporting _where_ the leaking blocks were allocated, which
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considerably saves time when debugging new additions to the library.
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This code is only compiled when FreeType is built with the
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FT_DEBUG_MEMORY macro #defined in "ftoption.h" though, it will be
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ignored in other builds.
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FT2_ALLOC_TOTAL_MAX
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This variable is ignored if FT2_DEBUG_MEMORY is not defined. It
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allows you to specify a maximum heap size for all memory allocations
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performed by FreeType. This is very useful to test the robustness
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of the font engine and programs that use it in tight memory
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conditions.
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If it is undefined, or if its value is not strictly positive, then
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no allocation bounds are checked at runtime.
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FT2_ALLOC_COUNT_MAX
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This variable is ignored if FT2_DEBUG_MEMORY is not defined. It
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allows you to specify a maximum number of memory allocations
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performed by FreeType before returning the error
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FT_Err_Out_Of_Memory. This is useful for debugging and testing the
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engine's robustness.
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If it is undefined, or if its value is not strictly positive, then
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no allocation bounsd are checked at runtime.
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--- end of DEBUG ---
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