Object-oriented symbolic debugger using a compiler driven database and state modeling to control program execution
US5812850A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 13, 1995 |
| Grant date | Sep 22, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 13, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/3624
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A human oriented object programming system provides an interactive and dynamic process for debugging computer programs which facilitates the development of complex computer programs such as operating systems and large applications with graphic user interfaces (GUIs). The debugging system uses a database of information relating machine executable code to source code. The database is developed during the compilation process using an extensible object-oriented set of tools. The tools standardize the information developed during compilation into an information format which the debugging system can utilize to provide the user with a powerful source code view of the corresponding executing code.
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