How to debug macros efficiently in VS?

Question

I\'ve got a pretty complicated macro inside my (unmanaged) C++ code. Is there any way to expand macros in VS debugger? Or maybe there is another way to debug macros there?

Answer 1

The compiler expands macros nicely. Get a compilation listing with the macros expanded.

Insert the expanded macro into your code. Recompile and you should be able to step through it, to do a simple test.

Generally when I am building a complicated macro, I hard code it first, and test it. Then I turn it into a macro.

For 2008, this may be of help