C and C++ SoftBench User's Guide

Using SoftBench Debugger
Viewing Assembly Language and CPU Registers
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Choose the format used to display the register values with the "Display
Format" button. The "( ) Single" and "( ) Double" buttons on the HP-PA
Floating Point Registers display allow you to specify whether SoftBench
Debugger displays the registers as two 4-byte values or one 8-byte value.
The "Register Tracing" option menu in the registers window specifies
how often SoftBench Debugger updates the register values, just like a
watchpoint's granularity. You can turn register updating off, or enable it
as often as you need it (such as whenever the program stops or after
every source statement). Leaving register updating disabled until you
need it allows your program to run faster.
When you activate register tracing, SoftBench Debugger creates an
implicit watchpoint to check the register values at the appropriate
procedure entry, statement, and so on.
Figure 7-12 shows one of the "Show: Registers" windows.
Figure 7-12 "Show Registers" Window (PA-RISC)