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-rw-r--r--host/include/uhd/utils/msg.hpp4
-rw-r--r--host/tests/msg_test.cpp3
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/host/include/uhd/utils/msg.hpp b/host/include/uhd/utils/msg.hpp
index b0f00e13d..3aac9577a 100644
--- a/host/include/uhd/utils/msg.hpp
+++ b/host/include/uhd/utils/msg.hpp
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
#define UHD_HERE() \
UHD_MSG(status) << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__ << std::endl
+//! Helpful debug tool to print a variable
+#define UHD_VAR(var) \
+ UHD_MSG(status) << #var << " = " << var << std::endl;
+
namespace uhd{ namespace msg{
//! Possible message types
diff --git a/host/tests/msg_test.cpp b/host/tests/msg_test.cpp
index c05139ea9..94b81268c 100644
--- a/host/tests/msg_test.cpp
+++ b/host/tests/msg_test.cpp
@@ -33,5 +33,8 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_messages){
"This is a test print for an error message.\n"
"And this is the second line of the test print.\n"
;
+ UHD_HERE();
+ const int x = 42;
+ UHD_VAR(x);
std::cerr << "---end print test ---" << std::endl;
}