Apparatus, program product and method of debugging utilizing a context sensitive breakpoint

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6077312
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09073742

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An apparatus, program product, and method of debugging a computer program utilize a context sensitive breakpoint to conditionally halt execution of a computer program when the context of the computer program meets a predetermined criteria. The context of a computer program is defined by a calling history associated with the computer program that identifies, at any given instant during the execution of the computer program, the sequence of routines in the computer program that were called prior to reaching the instruction being processed at that given instant. By basing the determination of whether to interrupt processing of a computer program upon the calling history for the computer program, a computer programmer is given a great deal of flexibility in setting breakpoints that isolate the circumstances for which it is desired to induce stoppage of a computer program from other unwanted circumstances.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bates, Cary Lee Rochester, MN 284 15699
Day, Paul Reuben Rochester, MN 185 11759

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