microsoft / microsoft/Detours

Disabled optimization (/Od)

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Description

I'm curious why detours is compiled with optimization disabled (/Od) in the release configuration:
https://github.com/microsoft/Detours/blob/9764cebcb1a75940e68fa83d6730ffaf0f669401/src/Makefile#L19

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Read the release configuration in src/Makefile at the linked line and inspect how optimization flags are set for the build. Determine why /Od is used in release builds and whether the issue is resolved by documenting the rationale or changing that configuration.

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Tech stack
cpp
Domain
build-system
Issue type
Feature
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3/5
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