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A '''debugging data format''' is a means of storing information about a compiled [[computer program]] for use by high-level [[debugger]]s. Modern debugging data formats store enough information to allow source-level debugging.

High-level debuggers need information about variables, types, constants, subroutines and so on, so they can translate between machine-level storage and source language constructs. Such information can also be used by other software tools. The information must be generated by the [[compiler]] and stored in the [[executable]] file or [[dynamic library]] by the linker.

Some [[object file]] formats include debugging information, but others can use generic debugging data formats such as [[stabs]] and [[DWARF]].

== List of debugging formats ==
* [[stabs]]
* [[COFF]]
* [[Portable Executable]] (PE/COFF)
* [[Relocatable Object Module Format]] (OMF)
* [[IEEE-695]]
* [[DWARF]]

== See also ==
* [[Debug symbol]]

== References ==
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* {{cite web |title=Introduction to the DWARF Debugging Format |author-first=Michael J. |author-last=Eager |date=April 2012 |orig-year=2006 |url=http://www.dwarfstd.org/doc/Debugging%20using%20DWARF-2012.pdf |access-date=2014-11-12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223004312/http://dwarfstd.org/doc/Debugging%20using%20DWARF-2012.pdf |archive-date=2018-12-23}} (NB. Concentrates on DWARF, but also discusses debugging formats in general, with an overview of all the major formats.)

[[Category:Computer file formats]]

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