Data processing: software development – installation – and managem – Software program development tool – Linking
Reexamination Certificate
2008-04-01
2008-04-01
An, Meng-Al T. (Department: 2193)
Data processing: software development, installation, and managem
Software program development tool
Linking
C717S124000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10206381
ABSTRACT:
Call frame information is used by debugging software. It records how to restore the parent stack frame at any point during execution of a program. It is normally generated during compilation and stored in the executable in a compressed format, consisting of sequences of instructions that describe how the current call frame changes during execution of each function. Described herein is a means of generating call frame information at link time, using linker macro calls generated by a small set of assembler macros.
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Bowers Antony
Shann Richard
An Meng-Al T.
Iannucci Robert
Jorgenson Lisa K.
Mitchell Jason
Seed IP Law Group PLLC
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