Programming environment for executing program code despite errors and for providing error indicators

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9047411-B1
Application number	US-201314068263-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Oct 31, 2013
Priority date	Oct 22, 2013
Publication date	Jun 2, 2015
Grant date	Jun 2, 2015

Abstract

A device may receive an indication to evaluate a first portion of program code and a second portion of program code provided via a user interface. The first portion of program code may include an error. The device may cause the first and second portions of program code to be evaluated based on receiving the indication to evaluate the first and second portions of program code. The second portion of program code may be evaluated after the first portion of program code. The device may generate a first result corresponding to the first portion of program code and a second result corresponding to the second portion of program code. The first result may include an error indicator. The device may provide the first result and the second result via the user interface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device, comprising:
one or more processors to:
receive an indication to evaluate a plurality of portions of program code provided in a first portion of a user interface;
cause a first portion of program code, of the plurality of portions of program code, to be evaluated for debugging purposes, based on receiving the indication to evaluate the plurality of portions of program code;
determine a corresponding error, associated with the first portion of program code, based on causing the first portion of program code to be evaluated;
provide an error indicator, that identifies the corresponding error, in a second portion of the user interface based on determining the error,
the second portion of the user interface being different from the first portion of the user interface;

cause a second portion of program code, of the plurality of portions of program code, to be evaluated,
the second portion of program code being evaluated after determining the error associated with the first portion of program code;

determine a result, associated with the second portion of program code, based on causing the second portion of program code to be evaluated; and
provide the result for display based on determining the result.

2. The device of claim 1 , where the one or more processors are further to:
provide suggested program code associated with the first portion of program code;
provide a valid result of evaluating the suggested portion of program code;
receive input identifying the suggested portion of program code or the valid result; and
replace, in the first portion of the user interface, the first portion of program code with the suggested portion of program code based on the input identifying the suggested portion of program code or the valid result.

3. The device of claim 1 , where the one or more processors, when determining the result, are further to:
determine an error-free result based on causing the second portion of program code to be evaluated; and
where the one or more processors, when providing the result, are further to:
provide the error-free result based on determining the error-free result.

4. The device of claim 1 , where the one or more processors, when determining the result, are further to:
determine an independent error associated with the second portion of program code based on causing the second portion of program code to be evaluated,
the independent error being independent of the corresponding error and the first portion of program code; and

where the one or more processors, when providing the result, are further to:
provide another error indicator that identifies the independent error.

5. The device of claim 4 , where the one or more processors are further to:
receive a selection of the first portion of program code;
provide a first correspondence indicator that indicates a correspondence between the error indicator and the first portion of program code based on receiving the selection of the first portion of program code;
provide a second correspondence indicator that indicates a correspondence between the other error indicator and the second portion of program code based on receiving the selection of the first portion of program code,
the second correspondence indicator being different from the first correspondence indicator.

6. The device of claim 1 , where the one or more processors, when determining the result, are further to:
determine a dependent error associated with the second portion of program code based on causing the second portion of program code to be evaluated,
the dependent error being dependent on the corresponding error or the first portion of program code; and

where the one or more processors, when providing the result, are further to:
provide another error indicator that identifies the dependent error.

7. The device of claim 6 , where the one or more processors are further to:
receive a selection of the first portion of program code; and
provide a correspondence indicator that indicates a correspondence between the error indicator, the other error indicator, and the first portion of program code based on receiving the selection of the first portion of program code.

8. A computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
receive an indication to evaluate a first portion of program code and a second portion of program code provided via a user interface,
the first portion of program code including an error;

cause the first portion of program code to be evaluated, to determine a first result, based on receiving the indication,
the first result including an error indicator associated with the error;

cause the second portion of program code to be evaluated, to determine a second result, based on receiving the indication,
the second portion of program code being evaluated after the first portion of program code is evaluated;
and

provide the first result, including the error indicator, and the second result via the user interface.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 8 , where the first portion of program code and the second portion of program code are provided in a first section of the user interface; and
where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to provide the first result and the second result, further cause the one or more processors to:
provide the first result and the second result in a second section of the user interface,
the second section being separate from the first section.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 8 , where the error indicator is a first error indicator, and where the second result includes a second error indicator; and
where the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:
determine that the second portion of program code depends from the first portion of program code; and
provide a correspondence indicator that indicates a correspondence between the first portion of program code, the first error indicator, and the second error indicator based on determining that the second portion of program code depends from the first portion of program code.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 8 , where the error indicator is a first error indicator, and where the second result includes a second error indicator; and
where the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:
determine that the first portion of program code is associated with a first error type;
determine that the second portion of program code is associated with a second error type that is different from the first error type;
provide a first correspondence indicator that indicates a correspondence between the first portion of program code and the first error indicator; and
provide a second correspondence indicator that indicates a correspondence between the second portion of program code and the second error indicator based on determining that the second portion of program code is associated with a second error type that is different from the first error type,
the second correspondence indicator being different from the first correspondence indicator.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 8 , where the second result includes an error-free result; and
where the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:
receive an indication to hide error-free results; and
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Assignees

• Mathworks Inc

Inventors

• Bienkowski Joseph R
• Wey Claudia G
• Erickson Michelle D
• Hinkle Benjamin V
• Macdonald Jared D
• Booker John E

Classifications

• G06F11/3698 Primary

  Environments for analysis, debugging or testing of software · CPC title

• G06F11/3664 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic