Patent ID: 8136093

Claim:
A system for software debugging, comprising: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory comprises instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: execute software under the control of a debugger; interrupt, through a breakpoint, an execution of the software under debugger control at a point in the software where the breakpoint is inserted; upon interrupting the execution of the software, receive user input information from a user relating to the execution of the software, wherein the user input information is code commentary provided by the user relating to the execution of the software at the point where the software is interrupted during the execution of the software; link the code commentary relating to the execution of the software with the breakpoint in the software with a compiler; store the code commentary in a data structure of the debugger; during a subsequent execution of the software under the control of the debugger, interrupt, through the breakpoint, the execution of the software under the debugger control at the point in the software where the breakpoint is inserted; and responsive to code commentary being linked with the breakpoint, display on a display coupled to the processor via an interface the code commentary relating to the execution of the software together with the corresponding element of the source code.