Runtime Manager

Open Dylan’s runtime manager is a set of components that underlie the development environment’s debugging functionality.

• The ACCESS-PATH library
  • The ACCESS-PATH Module
    • Creating and Attaching Access Paths
    • Access Path Functions
  • Modeling Remote Objects
    • Debugger Connections
    • Remote Processes
    • Remote Threads
    • Remote Libraries
    • Remote Object Files
  • Reading and Writing Memory
    • Functions for Querying Page Protection
    • Functions for Reading and Writing
  • Controlling the Application
  • Remote Function Calling
  • Breakpoints and Watchpoints
  • Stop Reasons
    • Receiving and Processing Stop Reasons
    • Stepping at Source Code Level
    • The Class Hierarchy of Stop Reasons
    • First-Chance Exceptions
  • Stack Backtraces
    • Stack Frames
    • Frame Arguments and Lexicals
    • Continuing and Restarting Frames
  • Symbol Lookup
  • Disassembly
  • Source Code
  • Dylan-specific Extensions
• The DEBUGGER-MANAGER library
  • Introduction
  • Model of the Debugger Manager
  • Debug Targets
  • Debugger Transaction Caching Utilities
  • Stop Reasons
  • Managing Application Control
  • Registering Debug Points
    • Example - simple function tracing
  • Dylan Name Context
  • Transactions on dylan values
  • Printing and Inspecting Dylan Objects
  • Mapping Between Symbolic Names and Objects
  • Convenience Interfaces for Dylan Objects
  • Debugger Transactions and Remote Object Registration
  • Stack Backtracing
  • Restarts
  • Source-Level Stepping
  • Mappings Between Addresses and Source Locators
  • Foreign Code Debugging
  • Runtime Context
  • Profiling
    • Controlling the Profiler Manager
    • Extracting the data
  • Extension Interfaces