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DOPE VECTOR: This is a run time descriptor that contains all information
about an object that requires more information than is available as a single
pointer or value. For example, you might declare a Fortran 90 pointer variable
that is a pointer to some other object, but which has its own upper
bound, as follows:
integer, pointer, dimension (:) :: iptr
Suppose that you initialize it as follows:
iptr => iarray (20:1:-2)
iptr is a synonym for every other element in the first twenty elements of
iarray, and this pointer array is in reverse order. For example, iptr(1) maps
to iarray(20), iptr(2) maps to iarray(18), and so on.
A compiler represents an iptr object using a run time descriptor that contains
(at least) elements such as a pointer to the first element of the actual
data, a stride value, and a count of the number of elements (or equivalently,
an upper bound).
DPID: Debugger ID. This is the ID TotalView uses for processes.
DYNAMIC LIBRARY: A library that uses dynamic loading to load information
in an external file at runtime. Dynamic loading implies dynamic linking,
which is a process that does not copy a program and its data into the executable
at compile time. For more information, see http://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Dynamic_linking.
EDITING CURSOR: A black line that appears when you select a TotalView GUI
field for editing. You use field editor commands to move the editing cursor.
EVAL POINT: A point in the program where TotalView evaluates a code fragment
without stopping the execution of the program.
EVENT LOG: A file that contains a record of events for each process in a
program.
EVENT POINT: A point in the program where TotalView writes an event to the
event log for later analysis with TimeScan.
EXCEPTION: A condition generated at runtime that indicates that a nonstandard
event has occurred. The program usually creates a method to
handle the event. If the event is not handled, either the program's result
will be inaccurate or the program will stop executing.
EXECUTABLE: A compiled and linked version of source files
EXPRESSION SYSTEM: A part of TotalView that evaluates C, C++, and Fortran
expressions. An expression consists of symbols (possibly qualified),
constants, and operators, arranged in the syntax of a source language. Not
all Fortran 90, C, and C++ operators are supported.
EXTENT: The number of elements in the dimension of an array. For example,
a Fortran array of integer(7,8) has an extent of 7 in one dimension (7 rows)
and an extent of 8 in the other dimension (8 columns).
FIELD EDITOR: A basic text editor that is part of TotalView. The field editor
supports a subset of GNU Emacs commands.
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