Appeal No. 1998-1518
Application No. 08/606,113
which blocks of code within a shared library are utilized by the application. The blocks of
code within the shared library are also available to be utilized by other applications in the
system. The dynamic translation includes translation of a first block of code used within the
shared library to produce a translated block of code. The translated block of code is
included within the translated code. Debugging code, e.g., a break instruction, may then
be added to the translated code.
In contrast to prior art methods where the operating system must copy all of the
shared code which could possibly be called by an application, the invention is said to
require only that shared code actually accessed by the application at runtime or by the
debugger is actually translated.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method for performing debugging on a first application which resides in a
computing system in which a first block of code within a shared library is utilized by the first
application and is available to be utilized by other applications in the system, the method
comprising the steps of:
(a) dynamically translating the first block of code during runtime of the first
application, the dynamic translation producing a translated block of code: and,
(b) placing debugging code within the translated block of code.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Sites 5,507,030 Apr. 9, 1996
(filed Mar. 7, 1991)
Crank et al. (Crank) 5,583,988 Dec. 10, 1996
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