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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1993
Hitoshi Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Tsuneaki Kadosawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Nakamura, Hiratsuka, JP;
Eiji Koga, Hadano, JP;
Satoshi Asada, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a method for executing a program for sequentially reading step information registered in an execution queue in the order of registration in order to permit the modification of a branch-to address with ease and without error when the modification of the branch-to address is instructed during the debugging of the program, the step information which is no longer the branch-to address due to the modification is searched in response to the branch-to address modification instruction, the retrieved step information is erased from the execution queue, and step information which is a new branch-to address is registered at the position of the erased step.