Top "Breakpoints" questions

A breakpoint is a mechanism offered by a development environment that allows to interrupt and suspend the execution of a program for debugging purpose, in view of resuming the execution.

Delphi: why breakpoints from time to time are not usable (green highlighted line on IDE)?

From time to time I lose breakpoint functionality in Delphi. I thought this to be a Delphi 2009 issue but now …

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Run Python Debugger (pdb) in Sublime Text 3

How can you set python debugger (pdb) breakpoints in Sublime Text 3? Both SublimeREPL or Python Breakpoints fail with default python …

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What is the "Break instruction exception" in WinDbg?

I'm debugging some random crash bugs, but actually very difficult to go deep into. Because when i open crash dump, …

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Android Studio threaded debugging

I've been having trouble debugging a multithreaded app with Android Studio 1.1. It seems as if when a breakpoint is hit …

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Why doesn't VS2010 debugger stop at my breakpoints?

I am working on a C#.NET class library project in VS2010. In my project settings -> debug settings, …

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Chrome JavaScript Debugging - how to save break points between page refresh or break via code?

When using Chrome and it's JavaScript debugger, every time I reload my page / scripts, my breakpoints are lost and I …

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Debugging SSIS Script task - Breakpoint is enabled but it does not hit

I am working on an SSIS package. The package has a script (C# language) task. I need to debug the …

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Run to the next breakpoint in Eclipse (java)

How to run to the next breakpoint in Eclipse? I stopped at a breakpoint, after that I need to just …

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Programmatically stop JavaScript execution in Firebug

I am currently debugging complex JavaScript code with Firebug. I am looking for a way to stop the JavaScript execution …

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How to make a GDB breakpoint only break after the point is reached a given number times?

I have a function that is called some large number of times, and eventually segfaults. However, I don't want to …

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