breakpointbased
Breakpointbased refers to debugging and program analysis techniques that rely on breakpoints to pause program execution at selected points. When a breakpoint is reached, the running process suspends, enabling inspection of the program state, including local variables, the call stack, and memory. This approach is foundational in interactive debuggers and has influenced automated testing and profiling workflows.
Breakpoints can be implemented in software debuggers or via hardware support. Software breakpoints replace an instruction
In practice, breakpointbased techniques are used to reproduce bugs, verify program invariants, and study control flow
Advantages include precise state inspection at exact moments, deterministic reproduction of bugs, and strong alignment with
Breakpoints have a long history in software engineering, dating back to early interactive debuggers. Over time,