Graphic Presentation of Data Structures in the DBX Debugger

Abstract

Debugging is a task that requires access to extensive information about a program and its execution state. The more effectively this information can be presented to the user by a debugger, the better tool the debugger becomes. Graphics is a meaningful and effective way of presenting a program's data structures. This paper describes the design and implementation of an extension to a standard debugger. The extension presents data structures graphically and enables a user to control the format and extent of information provided. The extension to the UNIX debugger DBX runs on a Sun Workstation using multiple windows, a bitmap display, and a mouse pointing device.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 05, 1985
Accession Number
ADA611773

Entities

People

  • David B. Baskerville

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • California
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Construction
  • Debugging
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Graphics
  • Language
  • Lists (Data Structures)
  • Semantic Models
  • Standards
  • Trees (Data Structures)
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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  • Computer Vision.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.