Patent ID: 8627297

Claim:
A processor-executed method for evaluating characteristic values of functions in an execution of a computer program, comprising: displaying a graphical representation of determined characteristic values associated with functions using a computer, wherein the graphical representation has a hierarchical structure dependent on a degree of call depth of the functions; and displaying an area in the graphical representation for each function using the computer, wherein a size of the area is dependent on the determined characteristic value of the function, wherein the hierarchical structure is performed such that a main function occupies an entire representation area, a first call level of first functions subdivides the area of the main function, and a second call level of second functions subdivides an area of the first call level of first functions, and wherein any following call level of functions subdivides an area of a previous call level of functions in a defined manner, and wherein subdivisions of areas are performed horizontally and vertically in alternation.