SoDebug(3)

✨ SoDebug ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because today we're doing SoDebug(3) from the Coin manual — yes, the C++ one, section 3, the library-functions section 💅. It's a lil grab-bag of debugging helpers and honestly? it's giving "toolbox that lives in your backpack" 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SoDebug — literally just that, the whole name, no extra lore 🦋

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🧚 SYNOPSIS 🧚

#include <SoDebug.h>

✨ Static Public Member Functions ✨

static const char * GetEnv (const char *var)
static void RTPrintf (const char *formatstr,...)
static void NamePtr (const char *name, void *ptr)
static const char * PtrName (void *ptr)
static void write (SoNode *node)
static void writeToFile (SoNode *node, const char *filename)
static void writeField (SoField *field)
static void printName (SoBase *base)

eight functions, all static, all public, no instances needed — you just call them straight off the class like the independent queen she is 👑

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💖 Detailed Description 💖

The SoDebug class is a small collection of debugging related functions.

that's it. that's the whole vibe. it's a lil bundle of debug utilities, not a big dramatic class with a whole backstory 😭 small but mighty 🫶

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🦋 Member Function Documentation 🦋

⭐ const char * SoDebug::GetEnv (const char * var) [static]

This is a portable getenv-wrapper.

so like, getenv but it doesn't ghost you on different platforms — it works everywhere, no cap ✨

See also: coin_getenv()

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🔥 void SoDebug::RTPrintf (const char * formatstr, ...) [static]

Real-time printf designed for use when use of standard printf() would cause timing problems.

NOT IMPLEMENTED. Currently it just forwards to printf().

bestie, listen — the idea is real-time printing so your timing doesn't get messed up. the reality? it's not implemented, it literally just passes everything along to plain old printf(). it's giving "promised you the world, delivered a postcard" 💀 so don't go planning your real-time pipeline around this one, okay?

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🎀 void SoDebug::NamePtr (const char * name, void * ptr) [static]

Associate a name with an arbitrary pointer. You can fetch the name of the pointer later with PtrName().

you give a random pointer a cute lil name tag 🏷️ and then later you can ask "hey who's this?" and PtrName() will tell you. it's giving labelling your tupperware but for memory addresses 🌸

See also: PtrName()

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💜 const char * SoDebug::PtrName (void * ptr) [static]

Returns the name set on a pointer with NamePtr(). If no name has been set, "<unnamed>" is returned.

so you look up the name tag you stuck on earlier with NamePtr(). and if there's no tag? you get "<unnamed>" back — the pointer equivalent of being in the group chat with no nickname set 🙈

See also: NamePtr()

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🌈 void SoDebug::write (SoNode * node) [static]

Writes the node to stdout.

dumps the node straight to your terminal, loud and proud, no file needed ✨

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🍓 void SoDebug::writeToFile (SoNode * node, const char * filename) [static]

Writes the node to the given filename, or /tmp/debug.iv if filename is NULL.

same energy as above but it goes into a file instead of screaming into your terminal. and if you pass NULL for the filename? it defaults to /tmp/debug.iv — a lil surprise default 🧚 so heads up, it's not gonna be like "oops no filename", it just picks one for you 👑

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💀 void SoDebug::writeField (SoField * field) [static]

Not implemented.

it's a vibe. it's an aspiration. it does not exist 😭 fr fr, calling this gets you nothing but the knowledge that it was planned once.

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🙈 void SoDebug::printName (SoBase * base) [static]

Not implemented.

same situation bestie — lovely idea, never got built. not me getting attached to a function that's literally just a placeholder 💀

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👑 Author 👑

Generated automatically by Doxygen for Coin from the source code.

so like, no human author to thank — Doxygen just spat this out of the source code all by itself, an icon working unsupervised 🤖✨

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that's the whole page!! you now know every single thing SoDebug can and cannot do — including the two things it very much cannot do 😭 stay debugging, bestie 🫶

Version 4.0.10 🌸 Thu Jun 25 2026 00:00:00 — mwah, timestamped and served fresh, see you in the next manpage 💅🎀