Index_M

M

macros, and Visual Studio .NET debugger, 77

MagicSort, 215, 216

managed code

JIT debugging and, 91-92

vs. unmanaged, and COM Interop, 322

managed threads, terminating, 455-456

Mandelbugs, 238

Margarita bug, 30

Mark mode, defined, 96

Me windows

IDE debugging and, 113

using to examine objects, 225-226

mean time between bugs (MTBB), 6

mean time between failures (MTBF)

availability and, 10, 14

reliability and, 6-7

mean time to recovery (MTTR), 12, 14

Member Overloading in VB .NET vs. C# (code), 36

memorable bugs, listed, 178-181

Memory windows

SQL debugging limitations and, 352

Visual Studio debugging and, 76, 77

message argument, 258

message semantics, 465-466

Message System.Exception property, 371

method calls, local vs. remote, 459-460

method visibility, 49-51

Microsoft. See also symbol server; Visual Studio .NET debugger

ASP .NET and, 277

Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ), 13

Microsoft Windows

remote debugging and

preparation, 468

restrictions, 473

symbols for Windows, management, 140-141

testing with fuzz, 307-308

Windows 2000

and gorilla testing, 308

remote debugging and, 473

Windows event log, for storing exceptions, 368

Windows NT 4.0

as requirement for SQL server debugging, 339

VB.Classic debugging and, 321

Windows XP, and remote debugging, 473

Miller, Barton, 307

mode command, Cordbg, 155

Modules windows

application knowledge and, 76

debug symbols management and, 140

IDE debugging and, 115-116

mouse handling code, 231

MSMQ (Microsoft Message Queue), 13

Mssdi98.dll, 341

MTBB (mean time between bugs), 6

MTBF (mean time between failures)

availability and, 10, 14

reliability and, 6-7

MTTR (mean time to recovery), 12, 14

multithreaded applications, debugging, 421-457

The 500-Mile E-mail bug, 456-457

basics of, 421-426

advantages, 423-424

difficulty of multihreading, 422-423

disadvantages, 425-426

IIS debugging, 282-283

multithreading in Windows Forms, 448-453

multithreading problems, 426-443

data races, 427-431

process deadlock, 431-439

process livelock , 439

thread starvation , 439-443

summary, 456

thread failure, 453-456

managed threads, terminating, 455-456

thread exceptions, 453-454

ThreadMonitor application, 443-448

uses of multithreading, 423-424

Murphy's Law, 28

Musical bug, 30