Automatic #defines according to Debug/Release config in Visual Studio

Question

I have debug output in my program like this:

#define DEBUG
...
#ifdef DEBUG
    std::cout << \"[RE_words] \" << m_re << std::endl;
#endif
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Answer 1

Use _DEBUG. Visual C++ defines this for a Debug configuration. Check out the preprocessor directives for the Debug Configuration in your project's properties dialog.