Index

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tabbing, using in logs, 95-96

tech support, using defect tracking software to collaborate with, 220-221

testers, using defect tracking software to collaborate with, 217-220

thread debugging window

contents of, 170-171

freezing threads with, 183-184

thread priorities, location of, 178

threaded code, advisory about fixing minor bugs in, 192

threading

overview of, 197

trading performance for safety in, 188

threading bugs

deadlocks, 176-177, 180, 189-196

race conditions, 172-174, 183-188, 194

starvations, 177-178

tracking with logging, 187

types of, 171

threading problems

common causes of, 171-178

debugging, 180-196

threads

advisory about freezing of, 171

bug resulting from waiting on locks, 189

causing sleeping of, 174

dynamics of, 167

freezing in debugger, 183-186

making assumptions about, 179

naming, 170

sharing variables between, 173-174

viewing in debugger, 170-171

time and date, obtaining, 94

Time Of Request field in ASP.NET, significance of, 123

timeouts, using with ReaderWriterLock class, 196

TODO comment, role in logs, 96-97

Trace class

using Assert method with, 68

using with TraceContext logging class, 133-134

trace files, accessing with ASP.NET, 132

Trace Information section in ASP.NET

overview of, 124

writing to, 132, 134-135

TraceContext logging class, using with Trace class, 133-134

TraceListeners

customizing debug asserts with, 80-85

writing, 104

traceMode option in ASP.NET tracing, meaning of, 131

TraceSwitch class, explanation of, 105

tracing. See logging

Tracker defect tracking system, example of, 203

trusts in Windows, role in reproducing remote customer bugs, 151

try/catch blocks, using with SecurityExceptions, 162-164