How to debug a multithreaded code in VS code?

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I am using VS code with Julia extension. I debug the code normally by putting breakpoints at specific locations. However, putting these breakpoints inside @threads macro with a for loop (or inside a multithreaded code with parallelization directive) will not let the debug stops at them. Any way to solve it?

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That is not supported at the moment. I think a first step to enabling this would be a solution for Support for debugging tasks · Issue #413 · JuliaDebug/JuliaInterpreter.jl · GitHub, and then there would be a ton of additional work that we would have to do :slight_smile:

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Thanks for your feedback. It is true that this is needed.

  • Is there another IDE that supports Julia debugging with multithread?
  • Or what the people do for Julia debugging with multithread?
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The feature is really lacking in JuliaInterpreter.jl, which is the underlying debugging engine that both VS Code and Debugger.jl use. I’m not aware of any other semi-feature complete debugging solution for Julia.

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