HotWire: a visual debugger for C++

摘要: We argue that visualization is essential in a modern debugger. Instead of inserting debug statements throughout the code, it should be possible to easily define visualizations while running program under control debugger, resulting what might called "visual printf's". A C++ can provide exciting insights. Bugs cannot found with non-visual techniques are now found, just by watching visualizations. However, mechanisms easy understand, apply and cause only minimal overhead programmer (who end-user visual debugger). HotWire not equipped couple standard visualizations, but also small declarative script language (using constraints) used new custom This paper addresses user interface aspects debugging tools. Specifically, HotWire, debugger for SmallTalk on AIX OS/2 described.