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Bug 323856

Summary:	Execution Trails
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	Scott Hyndman <scotty.hyndman>
Component:	Debug	Assignee:	JDT-Debug-Inbox <jdt-debug-inbox>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	Michael_Rennie, remy.suen
Version:	3.7
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:

Description Scott Hyndman

2010-08-27 13:31:30 EDT

Build Identifier: Irrelevant 

I came up with an idea that I think would be useful in identifying certain bugs.

Imagine that when you hit a breakpoint, the previously executed statements are highlighted in the editor.  My thinking was that by being able to see the path taken prior to the breakpoint, you may be able to identify patterns/differences between presses of "continue".

This highlighting might be displayed to the user by using a colour that decays based on the distance from the current statement.

Loops would only show the path of the most recent iteration.

That's it. Hope you like it.


Reproducible: Always