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Implementation of a retrospective tracing facility
Author(s) -
Malone J. R.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.4380130905
Subject(s) - tracing , computer science , code (set theory) , trace (psycholinguistics) , programming language , source code , object (grammar) , mechanism (biology) , artificial intelligence , physics , linguistics , philosophy , set (abstract data type) , quantum mechanics
The implementation of a retrospective trace facility, which produces diagnostics in terms of the original source code language, is described. In its simplest form the mechanism is straightforward to implement, requiring perhaps one man‐month of effort. As the generated object code is bulkier measurements of the expected size increase. Suggestions to reduce code volume have been outlined.