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This paper describes the beginnings of a research project aimed at trace-based debugging. We plan to build a practical debugger that incorporates the notion of time to allow users to easily navigate over the execution of their systems. Tracing will also provide a framework for integrating intelligent debugging capabilities into the debugger. We have already implemented a mechanism for automatically collecting trace data from an arbitrary binary. This has been used to implement a memory type-state checking tool. We are currently working on efficiently storing and retrieving large trace files and on developing an appropriate debugger user interface.
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Reiss, S.P. (1993). Trace-based debugging. In: Fritzson, P.A. (eds) Automated and Algorithmic Debugging. AADEBUG 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 749. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0019416
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