The Debugging Book Statistical Debugging

Summary

In this chapter, we introduce _statistical debugging_ – the idea that specific events during execution could be _statistically ... Interactive debuggers are tools that allow you to selectively observe the program state during an execution. In this chapter, you ... So far, we have assumed that failures would be discovered and fixed by a single programmer during development. But what if the ... So far, we have discussed how to track failures and how to locate defects in code. Let us now discuss how to _repair_ defects ... The question of "Where does this value come from?" is fundamental for In the chapter on assertions, we have seen how important it is to check whether the result is as expected. In this chapter, we ... This interview was recorded for the GOTO