The application of error-sensitive testing strategies to debugging

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Program errors can be considered from two perspectives -- cause and effect. The goal of program testing is to detect errors by discovering their effects, while the goal of debugging is to search for the associated cause. In this paper, we explore ways in which some of the results of testing research can be applied to the debugging process. In particular, computation testing and domain testing, which are two error-sensitive test data selection strategies, are described. Ways in which these selection strategies can be used as debugging aids are then discussed.

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