# Debugging Ruby extensions on Win32

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/debugging-ruby-extensions-on-win32/52964>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 21, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/debugging-ruby-extensions-on-win32/52964 "2006-01-21T17:46:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lyle\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Lyle\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Lyle_J)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/debugging-ruby-extensions-on-win32/52964/1 "2006-01-21T17:46:38Z")

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So, has anyone come up with a technique for debugging Ruby extensions  
written in C/C++ on Windows while I wasn’t paying attention? I have a  
bug that only seems to rear its ugly head when the program’s running  
on a Windows box; I can’t reproduce it on Mac OS X or Linux.

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**Author:** ![Lyle\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Lyle\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Lyle_J)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/debugging-ruby-extensions-on-win32/52964/2 "2006-01-21T21:27:57Z")

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i use a logger.

this may help,  
[Fred Fish's dbug library download | SourceForge.net](http://sourceforge.net/projects/dbug/)