OmarShehata

Can't tell if you're being sarcastic here or not. But yes they are very valuable. An "assert(this);" can save you hours of debugging by simply pointing out that "this was null". An assert is not for USER ERROR, it is for the things that you are assuming are true. I.e. if you have a function that takes a string and the string must never be null... assert(string != null); can save you from going "FUUUUU". Especially since it tends to give you a nice stack trace, so you can find exactly where it's being called.

I was genuinely being grateful! I apologize if I came off as sarcastic.

Uh, asset tracking is rarely associated with the visibility of the asset, just its existence. When exiting your application you should attempt to do as little work as you have to, preferring just to clean up what needs to be cleaned up (i.e. resetting the resolution to default, maybe closing sockets, and saving any open files), and then just exit. Windows will tend to handle the rest.

That's actually a relief, so I don't need to remove every single variable and every single asset when closing.

Again, thanks for the speedy replies Washu! If you or anyone else still has any debugging and/or optimization "Gotcha's", feel free to post! Maybe others will benefit as well.