DOC: a practical approach to source-level debugging of globally optimized code

  • Authors:
  • D. S. Coutant;S. Meloy;M. Ruscetta

  • Affiliations:
  • Hewlett-Packard, Cupertino, CA;Hewlett-Packard, Cupertino, CA;Hewlett-Packard, Cupertino, CA

  • Venue:
  • PLDI '88 Proceedings of the ACM SIGPLAN 1988 conference on Programming Language design and Implementation
  • Year:
  • 1988

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Abstract

As optimizing compilers become more sophisticated, the problem of debugging the source code of an application becomes more difficult. In order to investigate this problem, we implemented DOC, a prototype solution for Debugging Optimized Code. DOC is a modification of the existing C compiler and source-level symbolic debugger for the HP9000 Series 800. This paper describes our experiences in this effort. We show in an actual implementation that source-level debugging of globally optimized code is viable.