Patent ID: 11966322
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
marking an incremental file, by a debugger tool, that is not checked into a repository as preload, wherein incremental mode is set by a compiler;
merging debug symbol data from the preload incremental file to a preload symbol list;
loading symbol lists from files that are other than the preload incremental file into an other preload symbol list, wherein the files include the debug symbol data that is also included in the preload symbol list;
in response to receiving a command to examine the debug symbol data from the incremental file, searching the preload symbol list for the requested debug symbol data;
in response to the requested debug symbol data being not found in the preload symbol list, searching the other preload symbol list; and
in response to the requested debug symbol data being not found in the preload symbol list and in the other preload symbol list, loading only an active set of debug data on demand when the debug symbol data is not found in the preload symbol list and in the other preload symbol list.