Key Features

• An interpreted, Interactive Workspace for component development, debugging, and rapid prototyping
• Process-and-component-level debugging modes for power and scalability
• Complete C++ templates support for builder reusable classes
• Automatic static and dynamic runtime detection of over 250 errors for optimal code quality
• Integrated graphical browsing tools for visualizing class hierarchies, finding and reusing classes, and understanding control flow
• CenterLine-C++ª high-speed compiler and incremental linking for rapid edit-to-execute time
• Full C language support to protect existing C investments while easing the migration from C to C++
• Support for multiple UNIX workstations, compilers, tools, GUIs, and frameworks for maximum return on investment
• API and open architecture for enhanced customization and integration

Other Features and Benefits

Interactive Workspace for C++/C

• Provides "on-the-fly" prototyping and experimentation
• Interpretively executes any C++ or C statement or blocks of statements, including templates
• Resolves external calls
• Automatically checks for run-time and static errors

Object-Oriented, Mixed-Mode Debugging

• Supports unit-based interpreted debugging mode (CDM)
• Supports process debugging mode (PDM) with integrated, dbx-style process debugger
• Lets the user mix interpreted source and object code in CDM mode
• Debugs any loaded module, whether source or object code, C or C++, including templates
• Accepts conditional breakpoints and watchpoints
• Extends breakpoints and watch points to execute temporary "actions" in the Interactive Workspace

Automatic Run-Time and Static Error Detection

• Checks automatically during module loading or execution, and during Interactive Workspace use indicates error type and location in source code; collects all errors and warnings for later browsing
• Finds more than 250 types of errors, including more than 80 run-time errors
• Identifies numerous errors at source level when running object code
• Detects inter-module inconsistencies not reported by the UNIX linker
• Located incorrect pointer values, memory leaks, dangling pointers, illegal array indices, bad function arguments, type mismatches, and uninitialized variables
• Allows users to suppress uninteresting errors/warnings

CenterLine-C++ Compilation

• Precompiles header files to significantly reduce recompilation time when using large class libraries
• Significantly reduces object code size for debugging (typically 5x to 10x over standard C++ compilers)
• Complies with emerging ANSI standard

Incremental Linker

• Reloads modified files without relinking the entire program
• Keeps turnaround time short, even with large program
• Allows mixed use of source and object modules within programming environment

Browsers

• Project Browser for examining and controlling project modules and libraries
• Class Examiner and Inheritance Browser for viewing class and member information
• Cross-Reference Browser for viewing function and variable references
• Data Browser for graphically viewing and modifying data structures
• Manual Browser for on-line access to documentation
• Options Browser for controlling ObjectCenter options

Integration

• Fully supported, documented Application Programming Interface provides access to CenterLine Engine
• CenterStage independent software vendors provide integrated tools for all tasks in development life cycle
• Easily integrates UNIX tools, e.g. make, vi, emacs
• Supports leading preprocessors, including preprocessors for embedded SQL
• Supports major industry tool integration frameworks, including ToolTalk and SoftBench