Patent ID: 9417987
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing a plurality of instructions encoded thereon, the plurality of instructions being executable to cause a computing device to perform steps comprising: setting a breakpoint within a load-store sequence; determining if the breakpoint will cause the load-store sequence to repeatedly fail; generating a warning if it is determined that the breakpoint will cause the load-store sequence to repeatedly fail, wherein the plurality of instructions further cause the computing device to perform the step of displaying the warning to a user; determining locations for at least one alternate breakpoint, wherein the alternate breakpoint is not within the load-store sequence; removing the breakpoint from the program in response to a first user command; and setting at least one alternate breakpoint outside of the load-store sequence in response to a second user command.