Why do libreact_debug.so and libreact_render_debug.so contain debug? What are their functions? Can they be used for debugging or have backdoors?

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Description

Why do libreact_debug.so and libreact_render_debug.so contain debug? What are their functions? Can they be used for debugging or have backdoors? Can someone help explain

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0.72.29

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Runtime - Android

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[yc139464127]

I just want someone to explain this for me.

[cortinico]

Source code of libreact_debug.so is here: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/tree/65575e8399a08841a0ccbc5b28cafeee6d41714c/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/debug

Source code of libreact_renderer_debug.so is here: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/tree/65575e8399a08841a0ccbc5b28cafeee6d41714c/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/debug

They contain debug utilities such as assertions and similar used to support debugging.

Also in 0.76 they're going away as they'll be merged inside libreactnative.so:

• https://github.com/react-native-community/discussions-and-proposals/discussions/816

[yc139464127]

They contain debug utilities such as assertions and similar used to support debugging.

Why do the two .so files exist in the release version and are named with debug?