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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2004
Jennifer a Hamilton, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael M Magruder, Issaquah, WA (US);
James H Hogg, Bellevue, WA (US);
William G Evans, Woodinville, WA (US);
Vance P Morrison, Kirkland, WA (US);
Lawrence B Sullivan, Renton, WA (US);
Sean E Trowbridge, Sammamish, WA (US);
Jason L Zander, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ian H Carmichael, Sammamish, WA (US);
Patrick H Dussud, Bellevue, WA (US);
John L Hamby, Issaquah, WA (US);
John J Rivard, Redmond, WA (US);
LI Zhang, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mario Chenier, Woodinville, WA (US);
Douglas Rosen, Woodinville, WA (US);
Steven J Steiner, Seattle, WA (US);
Peter a Hallam, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian R Crawford, Seattle, WA (US);
James S Miller, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sam Spencer, Redmond, WA (US);
Habib Heydarian, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jennifer A Hamilton, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael M Magruder, Issaquah, WA (US);
James H Hogg, Bellevue, WA (US);
William G Evans, Woodinville, WA (US);
Vance P Morrison, Kirkland, WA (US);
Lawrence B Sullivan, Renton, WA (US);
Sean E Trowbridge, Sammamish, WA (US);
Jason L Zander, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ian H Carmichael, Sammamish, WA (US);
Patrick H Dussud, Bellevue, WA (US);
John L Hamby, Issaquah, WA (US);
John J Rivard, Redmond, WA (US);
Li Zhang, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mario Chenier, Woodinville, WA (US);
Douglas Rosen, Woodinville, WA (US);
Steven J Steiner, Seattle, WA (US);
Peter A Hallam, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian R Crawford, Seattle, WA (US);
James S Miller, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sam Spencer, Redmond, WA (US);
Habib Heydarian, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method of providing edit and continue support in a software program debugging environment. 'Edit and continue' support allows a user (e.g., programmer and/or developer) to update the code and/or data structure(s) of an executing program while it is running. After the user has finished editing their code and resumes execution, an integrated development environment (IDE) propagates the edit(s) into a common language runtime (CLR) environment before continuing. Therefore, from the CLR environment's perspective, an edit is a block of intermediate language code (IL) and/or metadata that is inserted into a running process. Moreover, The IDE can facilitate: determining 'legality' of an edit; building the edit; sending the edit to the CLR environment; and/or, facilitating the CLR environment switch execution to the edited code.