Question

Is there any methods to remove a line of code from a Release build, but leave it in the Debug build without ugly #if statements?

For example, is there some way to achieve the equivalent of the below code without using all these if statements?

#if DEBUG
    Log.Log("I am in debug mode");
#endif

If I have a conditional, run-time check in the Log.Log function, then the string “I am in debug mode” will be preserved within my compiled executable, which is exactly what I do not want.

Answer 1

Define another macro in a common, shared header.

#ifdef DEBUG
#define LOG(m) Log.Log(m);
#else
#define LOG(m) do {} while(false);
#endif

Then replace your calls to Log.Log with LOG.