NT service / printf question

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Scott McFadden - 11 May 2007 19:48 GMT

Is there much overhead leaving in printf calls for a release build of my NT
service (VC8)? This app runs as a NT service or console app so it's nice
to have the console ouput when troublshooting the application. The console
only has a fixed buffer size so I guess that running as a service the same
would apply.

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Bruno van Dooren - 13 May 2007 06:54 GMT

> Is there much overhead leaving in printf calls for a release build of my
> NT service (VC8)? This app runs as a NT service or console app so it's
> nice to have the console ouput when troublshooting the application. The
> console only has a fixed buffer size so I guess that running as a service
> the same would apply.

I have done that without problems, though you could make a wrapper for
printf that only prints text to the output if you are running from command
line.
that way you don't have to worry at all.

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