Code for "The Debugging Book"

This folder holds the code from "The Debugging Book". Software has bugs, and finding bugs can involve lots of effort. This book addresses this problem by automating software debugging, specifically by locating errors and their causes automatically. Recent years have seen the development of novel techniques that lead to dramatic improvements in automated software debugging. They now are mature enough to be assembled in a book – even with executable code.

For details (and all of the book!), see the web site: https://www.debuggingbook.org/

Using the Code

The book has plenty of examples for using the code; you are encouraged to read it and then to use this code to try things out.

Importing

You can import the modules in your own projects and use the infrastructure, as in

from debuggingbook.Debugger import Debugger
with Debugger():
    function__to_be_debugged()

Running

You can also execute the files directly to run the examples from the book, as in

$ ./Debugger.py

Enjoy!

License

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Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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