Linked-list visualization for debugging

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 May 1991Publisher:Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)Journal:IEEE Software, volume 8, pages 44-51 (issn: 0740-7459,

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Authors: Takao Shimomura; Sadahiro Isoda;

doi: 10.1109/52.88943

Linked-list visualization for debugging

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Recent extensions to the VIPS debugger are described. In the original version of VIPS, visualization of linked structures was limited to very small lists or to selected portions of larger structures. The newer version of VIPS extends the original work by adding multiple levels of browsers, letting users interactively identify sublists of interest. Animation facilities support the visualization of dynamic list operations simultaneously among the various views. A preliminary evaluation shows that VIPS helps users find bugs about 30% faster using about 25% fewer debugging commands than Dbxtool, and it can display even a large linked list within about one second. >

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