METHOD FOR TESTING A COMPUTER PROGRAM

A method for testing a computer program. The method includes executing the computer program until a memory share command for a memory area previously allocated by a memory allocation command of the computer program is called; setting, for each one or more memory locations of the memory area shared by the memory share command, a respective watchpoint for the memory location of the memory area and executing the memory share command; displaying, for each set watchpoint, that the computer program has an error, if the set watchpoint is triggered, and removing the watchpoint for each of the set watchpoints if the memory location for which it is set is reallocated by a further memory allocation command in the computer program.