1. A computer-readable medium encoded with a program debugger, for use in a programming environment, comprising:
means for extracting, from an initial conditional breakpoint within a program loop, a first Boolean expression that is at least partially invariant within the loop;
means for removing said initial conditional breakpoint;
means for setting, at a pre-initial conditional breakpoint program position, a special conditional breakpoint that includes said first Boolean expression; and
means for reestablishing said initial conditional breakpoint if said special conditional breakpoint is satisfied.
2. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein said first Boolean expression is completely invariant within the loop.
3. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising:
means for setting, at a first loop exit program position, a first reset breakpoint; and
means for removing said initial conditional breakpoint if said first reset breakpoint is satisfied.
4. The computer-readable medium of claim 3, further comprising:
means for removing said first reset breakpoint if said first reset breakpoint is satisfied.
5. The computer-readable medium of claim 3, further comprising:
means for setting, at a second loop exit program position, a second reset breakpoint; and
means for removing said initial conditional breakpoint if one of said first and second reset breakpoints is satisfied.
6. The computer-readable medium of claim 5, further comprising:
means for removing said first and second reset breakpoints if one of said first and second reset breakpoints is satisfied.
7. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising:
means for extracting, from program code within the loop, a second Boolean expression that is invariant within the loop,
wherein said special conditional breakpoint disjunctively includes the complement of said second Boolean expression, and said first Boolean expression is invariant within the loop when said second Boolean expression is satisfied.
8. The computer-readable medium of claim 7, further comprising:
means for setting, at a first loop exit program position, a first reset breakpoint; and
means for removing said initial conditional breakpoint if said first reset breakpoint is satisfied.
9. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, further comprising:
means for removing said first reset breakpoint if said first reset breakpoint is satisfied.
10. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, further comprising:
means for setting, at a second loop exit program position, a second reset breakpoint; and
means for removing said initial conditional breakpoint if one of said first and second reset breakpoints is satisfied.
11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, further comprising:
means for removing said first and second reset breakpoints if one of said first and second reset breakpoints is satisfied.
12. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the initial conditional breakpoint occurs at a program statement in the loop that has been designated by an operator of the program debugger.
13. A method of reducing debugger impact through conditional breakpoint motion, comprising:
extracting, from an initial conditional breakpoint within a program loop, a first Boolean expression that is at least partially invariant within the loop;
removing said initial conditional breakpoint;
setting, at a pre-initial conditional breakpoint program position, a special conditional breakpoint that includes said first Boolean expression; and
if said special conditional breakpoint is satisfied, reestablishing said initial conditional breakpoint.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein said first Boolean expression is completely invariant within the loop.
15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:
setting, at a first loop exit program position, a first reset breakpoint; and
if said first reset breakpoint is satisfied, removing said initial conditional breakpoint.
16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:
if said first reset breakpoint is satisfied, removing said first reset breakpoint.
17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:
setting, at a second loop exit program position, a second reset breakpoint; and
if one of said first and second reset breakpoints is satisfied, removing said initial conditional breakpoint.
18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:
if one of said first and second reset breakpoints is satisfied, removing said first and second reset breakpoints.
19. The method of claim 13, further comprising:
extracting, from program code within the loop, a second Boolean expression that is invariant within the loop,
wherein said special conditional breakpoint disjunctively includes the complement of said second Boolean expression, and said first Boolean expression is invariant within the loop when said second Boolean expression is satisfied.
20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:
setting, at a first loop exit program position, a first reset breakpoint; and
if said first reset breakpoint is satisfied, removing said initial conditional breakpoint.
21. The method of claim 20, further comprising:
if said first reset breakpoint is satisfied, removing said first reset breakpoint.
22. The method of claim 20, further comprising:
setting, at a second loop exit program position, a second reset breakpoint; and
if one of said first and second reset breakpoints is satisfied, removing said initial conditional breakpoint.
23. The method of claim 22, further comprising:
if one of said first and second reset breakpoints is satisfied, removing said first and second reset breakpoints.
24. The method of claim 13, wherein the initial conditional breakpoint occurs at a program statement in the loop that has been designated by an operator of the program debugger.
25. An article of manufacture comprising a computer program medium readable by a computer and embodying one or more instructions executable by the computer to perform a method of reducing debugger impact through conditional breakpoint motion, the method comprising:
extracting, from an initial conditional breakpoint within a program loop, a first Boolean expression that is at least partially invariant within the loop;
removing said initial conditional breakpoint;
setting, at a pre-initial conditional breakpoint program position, a special conditional breakpoint that includes said first Boolean expression; and
if said special conditional breakpoint is satisfied, reestablishing said initial conditional breakpoint.
26. The article of manufacture of claim 25, wherein the first Boolean expression is completely invariant within the loop.
27. The article of manufacture of claim 25, wherein the method further comprises:
setting, at a first loop exit program position, a first reset breakpoint; and
if said first reset breakpoint is satisfied, removing said initial conditional breakpoint.
28. The article of manufacture of claim 27, wherein the method further comprises:
if said first reset breakpoint is satisfied, removing said first reset breakpoint.
29. The article of manufacture of claim 27, wherein the method further comprises:
setting, at a second loop exit program position, a second reset breakpoint; and
if one of said first and second reset breakpoints is satisfied, removing said initial conditional breakpoint.
30. The article of manufacture of claim 29, wherein the method further comprises:
if one of said first and second reset breakpoints is satisfied, removing said first and second reset breakpoints.
31. The article of manufacture of claim 25, wherein said first Boolean expression is partially invariant within the loop, and the method further comprises:
extracting, from program code within the loop, a second Boolean expression that is invariant within the loop,
wherein said special conditional breakpoint disjunctively includes the complement of said second Boolean expression, and said first Boolean expression is invariant within the loop when said second Boolean expression is satisfied.
32. The article of manufacture of claim 31, wherein the method further comprises:
setting, at a first loop exit program position, a first reset breakpoint; and
if said first reset breakpoint is satisfied, removing said initial conditional breakpoint.
33. The article of manufacture of claim 32, wherein the method further comprises:
if said first reset breakpoint is satisfied, removing said first reset breakpoint.
34. The article of manufacture of claim 32, wherein the method further comprises:
setting, at a second loop exit program position, a second reset breakpoint; and
if one of said first and second reset breakpoints is satisfied, removing said initial conditional breakpoint.
35. The article of manufacture of claim 34, wherein the method further comprises:
if one of said first and second reset breakpoints is satisfied, removing said first and second reset breakpoints.
36. The article of manufacture of claim 25, wherein the initial conditional breakpoint occurs at a program statement in the loop that has been designated by an operator of the program debugger.
37. A computer-readable medium encoded with a program debugger, for use in a programming environment, comprising:
means for extracting, from an initial conditional breakpoint within a program loop, a first Boolean expression that is at least partially invariant within the loop;
means for setting, at a pre-initial conditional breakpoint program position, a special conditional breakpoint that includes the complement of said first Boolean expression; and
means for removing said initial conditional breakpoint if said special conditional breakpoint is satisfied.
38. The computer-readable medium of claim 37, wherein said first Boolean expression is completely invariant within the loop.
39. The computer-readable medium of claim 37, further comprising:
means for setting, at a first loop exit program position, a first reset breakpoint; and
means for reestablishing said initial conditional breakpoint if said first reset breakpoint is satisfied.
40. The computer-readable medium of claim 39, further comprising:
means for removing said first reset breakpoint if said first reset breakpoint is satisfied.
41. The computer-readable medium of claim 39, further comprising:
means for setting, at a second loop exit program position, a second reset breakpoint; and
means for reestablishing said initial conditional breakpoint if one of said first and second reset breakpoints is satisfied.
42. The computer-readable medium of claim 41, further comprising:
means for removing said first and second reset breakpoints if one of said first and second reset breakpoints is satisfied.
43. The computer-readable medium of claim 37, wherein said first Boolean expression is partially invariant within the loop, and said program debugger further comprises:
means for extracting, from program code within the loop, a second Boolean expression that is invariant within the loop,
wherein said special conditional breakpoint conjunctively includes said second Boolean expression, and said first Boolean expression is invariant within the loop when said second Boolean expression is satisfied.
44. The computer-readable medium of claim 43, further comprising:
means for setting, at a first loop exit program position, a first reset breakpoint; and
means for reestablishing said initial conditional breakpoint if said first reset breakpoint is satisfied.
45. The computer-readable medium of claim 44, further comprising:
means for removing said first reset breakpoint if said first reset breakpoint is satisfied.
46. The computer-readable medium of claim 44, further comprising:
means for setting, at a second loop exit program position, a second reset breakpoint; and
means for reestablishing said initial conditional breakpoint if one of said first and second reset breakpoints is satisfied.
47. The computer-readable medium of claim 46, further comprising:
means for removing said first and second reset breakpoints if one of said first and second reset breakpoints is satisfied.
48. The computer-readable medium of claim 37, wherein the initial conditional breakpoint occurs at a program statement in the loop that has been designated by an operator of the program debugger.
49. A method of reducing debugger impact through conditional breakpoint motion, comprising:
extracting, from an initial conditional breakpoint within a program loop, a first Boolean expression that is at least partially invariant within the loop;
setting, at a pre-initial conditional breakpoint program position, a special conditional breakpoint that includes the complement of said first Boolean expression; and
if said special conditional breakpoint is satisfied, removing said initial conditional breakpoint.
50. The method of claim 49, wherein said first Boolean expression is completely invariant within the loop.
51. The method of claim 49, further comprising:
setting, at a first loop exit program position, a first reset breakpoint; and
if said first reset breakpoint is satisfied, reestablishing said initial conditional breakpoint.
52. The method of claim 51, further comprising:
if said first reset breakpoint is satisfied, removing said first reset breakpoint.
53. The method of claim 51, further comprising:
setting, at a second loop exit program position, a second reset breakpoint; and
if one of said first and second reset breakpoints is satisfied, reestablishing said initial conditional breakpoint.
54. The method of claim 53, further comprising:
if one of said first and second reset breakpoints is satisfied, removing said first and second reset breakpoints.
55. The method of claim 49, further comprising:
extracting, from the program code within the loop, a second Boolean expression that is invariant within the loop,
wherein said special conditional breakpoint conjunctively includes said second Boolean expression, and said first Boolean expression is invariant within the loop when said second Boolean expression is satisfied.
56. The method of claim 55, further comprising:
setting, at a first loop exit program position, a first reset breakpoint; and
if said first reset breakpoint is satisfied, reestablishing said initial conditional breakpoint.
57. The method of claim 56, further comprising:
if said first reset breakpoint is satisfied, removing said first reset breakpoint.
58. The method of claim 56, further comprising:
setting, at a second loop exit program position, a second reset breakpoint; and
if one of said first and second reset breakpoints is satisfied, reestablishing said initial conditional breakpoint.
59. The method of claim 58, further comprising:
if one of said first and second reset breakpoints is satisfied, removing said first and second reset breakpoints.
60. The method of claim 49, wherein the initial conditional breakpoint occurs at a program statement in the loop that has been designated by an operator of the program debugger.
61. An article of manufacture comprising a computer program medium readable by a computer and embodying one or more instructions executable by the computer to perform a method of reducing debugger impact through conditional breakpoint motion, the method comprising:
extracting, from an initial conditional breakpoint within a program loop, a first Boolean expression that is at least partially invariant within the loop;
setting, at a pre-initial conditional breakpoint program position, a special conditional breakpoint that includes the complement of said first Boolean expression; and
if said special conditional breakpoint is satisfied, removing said initial conditional breakpoint.
62. The article of manufacture of claim 61, wherein said first Boolean expression is completely invariant within the loop.
63. The article of manufacture of claim 61, wherein the method further comprises:
setting, at a first loop exit program position, a first reset breakpoint; and
if said first reset breakpoint is satisfied, reestablishing said initial conditional breakpoint.
64. The article of manufacture of claim 63, wherein the method further comprises:
if said first reset breakpoint is satisfied, removing said first reset breakpoint.
65. The article of manufacture of claim 63, wherein the method further comprises:
setting, at a second loop exit program position, a second reset breakpoint; and
if one of said first and second reset breakpoints is satisfied, reestablishing said initial conditional breakpoint.
66. The article of manufacture of claim 65, wherein the method further comprises:
if one of said first and second reset breakpoints is satisfied, removing said first and second reset breakpoints.
67. The article of manufacture of claim 61, wherein the method further comprises:
extracting, from the program code within the loop, a second Boolean expression that is invariant within the loop,
wherein said special conditional breakpoint conjunctively includes said second Boolean expression, and said first Boolean expression is invariant within the loop when said second Boolean expression is satisfied.
68. The article of manufacture of claim 57, wherein the method further comprises:
setting, at a first loop exit program position, a first reset breakpoint; and
if said first reset breakpoint is satisfied, reestablishing said initial conditional breakpoint.
69. The article of manufacture of claim 68, wherein the method further comprises:
if said first reset breakpoint is satisfied, removing said first reset breakpoint.
70. The article of manufacture of claim 68, wherein the method further comprises:
setting, at a second loop exit program position, a second reset breakpoint; and
if one of said first and second reset breakpoints is satisfied, reestablishing said initial conditional breakpoint.
71. The article of manufacture of claim 70, wherein the method further comprises:
if one of said first and second reset breakpoints is satisfied, removing said first and second reset breakpoints.
72. The article of manufacture of claim 61, wherein the initial conditional breakpoint occurs at a program statement in the loop that has been designated by an operator of the program debugger.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A device for transferring patterns, especially micro- or nanostructures, to at least two faces of a substrate, wherein the device comprises:
a first stamping plate having a patterned area provided thereon for forming a first pattern on a first face of said substrate,
a second stamping plate having a patterned area provided thereon for forming a second pattern on a second face of said substrate, and
a contacting means for contacting the respective patterned areas of the two stamping plates with the respective faces of said substrate,
the first and the second stamping plates being aligned with each other and being secured to each other at respective holding areas of the stamping plates located at a distance from the patterned areas, such that the patterned areas face each other.
2. A device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the stamping plates is elastically bendable in the direction of the other stamping plate.
3. A device according to claim 1, wherein both stamping plates are elastically bendable towards each other.
4. A device according to claim 1, wherein a holding means for holding the stamping plates firmly together comprises a spacer which is located between the two stamping plates for holding them at a distance from each other.
5. A device according to claim 4, wherein a thickness of the spacer is substantially the same as a thickness of the substrate.
6. A device according to claim 1, wherein the contacting means comprises at least one chamber being adapted to cooperate with one of the stamping plates at the face of said plate facing away from said substrate and to provide a compressive force by means of fluid pressure acting on the stamping plate for contacting it with the substrate.
7. A device according to claim 1, wherein the contacting means comprises:
a first chamber being adapted to cooperate with the first stamping plate at the face of said first plate facing away from said substrate and to provide a compressive force by means of fluid pressure acting on the first stamping plate for contacting it with the first face of the substrate, and
a second chamber being adapted to cooperate with the second stamping plate at the face of said second plate facing away from said substrate and to provide a compressive force by means of fluid pressure acting on the second stamping plate for contacting it with the second face of the substrate simultaneously with the first stamping plate contacting the first face of the substrate.
8. A device according to claim 6 wherein each chamber is provided with means for providing a suction force within the chamber such that the stamping plate, cooperating therewith, by means of suction force is moved away from said substrate after having formed a pattern thereon.
9. A device according to claim 1 wherein at least one of the stamping plates comprises:
a fluid channel adapted to be connected to a fluid supply means for supplying fluid to said channel, and
at least one nozzle connected to said fluid channel and adapted to eject said fluid in the direction of the substrate in order to facilitate removal of the substrate from the device after said forming of a pattern.
10. A device according to claim 1, wherein the patterned area of at least one of the stamping plates is formed on a separate mould being detachably fixed to at least one stamping plate.
11. A method of transferring patterns, especially micro- or nanostructures, to at least two faces of a substrates, comprising the step of:
providing a first patterned area on a first stamping plate,
providing a second patterned area on a second stamping plate,
positioning the two stamping plates such that the patterned areas face each other,
securing the two stamping plates to each other at a position thereon located at a distance from said patterned-areas,
placing a substrate between the patterned areas, and
contacting the substrate with the first and the second patterned areas.
12. A method according to claim 11, wherein the step of contacting the substrate with the first and the second patterned areas further comprises providing a fluid pressure on at least one of the stamping plates at the face of said stamping plate facing away from said substrate.
13. A method according to claim 11, further comprising the step of directing a flow of fluid from openings in the stamping plates towards the substrate to facilitate removal of said substrate after transferring the pattern.
14. A substrate having patterns, especially micro- or nanostructures, on at least two faces thereof, wherein the substrate has been manufactured using:
a first stamping plate having a patterned area provided thereon for forming a first pattern on a first face of said substrate,
a second stamping plate having a patterned area provided thereon for forming a second pattern on a second face of said substrate, and
a contacting means for contacting the respective patterned areas of the two stamping plates with the respective faces of said substrate,
the first and the second stamping plates being aligned with each other and being secured to each other at respective holding areas of the stamping plates located at a distance from the patterned areas, such that the patterned areas face each other.