"but i think compiler conditions are meant for different uses."

Absolutely, conditional compilation has many uses. Here are some sources from the official documentation that describe using them to hold debugging code.

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"Use conditional compilation to run blocks of code selectively, for example, debugging statements -"

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/Language/Concepts/Getting-Started/understanding-conditional-compilation

"#Const DebugVersion = 1 ' Will evaluate true in #If block. "

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/Language/reference/user-interface-help/const-directive

"Conditional compilation is typically used to compile the same program for different platforms. It is also used to prevent debugging code from appearing in an executable file. "

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/visual-basic/language-reference/directives/if-then-else-directives