# Environment variables, debugging, globals, etcetera

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/environment-variables-debugging-globals-etcetera/124928
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** debugging, environment-variable
**Created:** [January 19, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/environment-variables-debugging-globals-etcetera/124928 "2025-01-19T18:59:25Z")
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#### Post date: [January 19, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/environment-variables-debugging-globals-etcetera/124928/3 "2025-01-19T23:49:12Z")

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Thanks @stevengj . Yes, that’s what I’ve been doing for most such things. I’d failed to mention that this is something for me to turn on/off while testing, not a user option.

Perhaps [@assert alternatives? - #14 by WschW](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/assert-alternatives/24775/14) could work

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