Tue, 18 Oct 2011, 22:42

A student writes:

> Prof. Patt,
> 
> I'm sorry, but the index of my book has been torn out by the previous owner,
> so it's easier for me to ask you this question than to go looking myself.
> Could you describe the exact nature of breakpoints? Do they halt the PC
> before or after the instruction that they have been placed at executes?
> 
> Thanks,
> <<name withheld to protect the student who has a book without an index>>

No, the place to look for breakpoints is in the Simulator Manual, which is
part of the documentation you should be familiar with.  Kathy Buckheit, who
TAed 306 a long time ago, went to a great deal of effort to prepare a manual
that would enable a 306 student to be able to take advantage of all the
features of the Simulator, including breakpoints.  See the section on the
website on Handouts and Documentation.

If that doesn't answer all your questions about breakpoints, please see one
of the TAs during office hours or during discussion section, and if that 
does not work, please send me email again.

Good luck with this second programming lab.

Yale Patt