BINARY CLASS LIBRARY WITH DEBUGGING SUPPORT

A binary class library is adapted to provide full debugging type information particularly for use during program compilation in a minimal debug-generation mode. The library includes, a compile unit that #includes all the include files describing the classes that a given class library implements and exports. The compile unit also includes code defining a symbol with an external linkage. The resulting object module is put into the binary class library or a separate debug library. An inclusion direction and an external linkage symbol to the debug library are added to all include files for the class library that are #included by any program using its classes. These additions cause the compiler to direct the linker to add the debug library to the list of libraries from which it tries to resolve symbolic references, and to add a reference to the external linkage symbol that the linker will have to resolve by adding the debug library into the link.