Computer program debugging in the presence of compiler synthesiz

Details Computer program debugging in the presence of compiler synthesiz Computer program debugging in the presence of compiler synthesiz

1995-09-29

1999-09-21

Voeltz, Emanuel Todd

395704, 395707, G06F 945

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059565128

ABSTRACT:
A debugger is used in an environment of optimized compiling to track both user-defined and synthesized variables so that the values of these variables at selected programmer counter addresses can be either determined or set. The tracking is primarily accomplished by the generation of various interrelated tables including a Type Scope Table, a Name Space Table, an Expression Table, a Location Range Tab and a Variable Table. These tables define the existence of variable at defined program counter ranges and provide the algebraic definitions for the synthesized variables. A programmer can efficiently debug a program produced with optimized compiling through the operations of determining variable values and setting variable values.

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