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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Execution replay for Qt/KDE applications
From:       David Faure <faure () kde ! org>
Date:       2004-10-18 12:05:46
Message-ID: 200410181405.47368.faure () kde ! org
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On Monday 18 October 2004 00:03, Oliver Oppitz wrote:
> Without having evaluted KDExecutor I assume, that their replay process does not \
> produce identical execution patterns like during the recording phase. 
Wrong, it does reproduce identical execution patterns - that's the whole point.

> And they do not need that because they want replay recorded patterns on changing \
> versions of the program to do regression testing.  
I'm not sure what distinction you make there.

> What I have in mind is to create a replay mechanism that focuses on a replay that \
> is identical to the recording phase  and therefore is great for debugging (in \
> particular for bugs that are timing dependent as outlined in an earlier posting).  
I use KDExecutor for debugging very often. 

One can either "replay at recording speed" (with the same delays), or "replay at full \
speed", which is more useful for debugging since the replay is very fast.

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David Faure, faure@kde.org, sponsored by Trolltech to work on KDE,
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