Break point in release mode

Question

I am using (C++) Visual Studio 2010.

I have to trace the control flow of my Application. To do so, I have put a break point in the source code.

While running

Answer 1

You can use the __debugbreak() intrinisic. This is also very handy if you want to break on a specific condition. For example:

if (var > LIMIT)
  __debugbreak();