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Trigger code segments for ROS_DEBUG only

asked 2011-08-22 05:08:13 -0600

egiljones
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I'm wondering if there's a way to do the following in C++:

if(<my logger level is set to ROS_DEBUG>) 
{
  //execute a costly code block that I don't want to do for the sake of efficiency
  //unless my logger level is set to ROS_DEBUG.  
  ROS_DEBUG_STREAM("Some output based on the computation");
}

I need to do some computation to get useful output in DEBUG mode, but I don't want to do that computation in normal operation.

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answered 2011-08-22 08:35:07 -0600

tfoote

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This is a little bit of a hack but would have the desired effect.

string costly_method_wrapper()
{
//Costly stuff in here
return std::string(); // or real debugging info here.
}
ROS_DEBUG_STREAM("my output is " << costly_method_wrapper() << " other debug info");

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I was hoping for something slightly more elegant, but this indeed will do.

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