Using edit and continue to dynamically set and unset optimizations in source code while debugging

A system, comprising:

• at least one processor circuit;
• and
• at least one memory that stores program code configured to be executed by the at least one processor circuit, the program code comprising:
• a software development application configured to allow a user thereof to debug source code during a debugging session, the software development application being further configured to:
• present, within a first portion of a graphical user interface (GUI) that is different than a second portion of the GUI that displays the source code, a list of functions that were previously unoptimized during the debugging session, the first portion of the GUI and the second portion of the GUI being displayed simultaneously;
• provide an interactive control as a selectable option within the GUI of the software development system that the user can activate to re-optimize a plurality of automatically marked functions included in the source code that were previously unoptimized;
• determine that the user has activated the interactive control within the GUI;
• and
• in response to at least determining that the user has activated the interactive control:
• for each of a plurality of automatically marked functions, automatically remove a marking from the function via a removal of source code;
• perform an edit and continue operation to build a compiled representation of an updated version of the source code in which at least one optimization for each of the plurality of automatically marked functions is re-enabled for the function and in which optimizations remain enabled for other functions within the updated version of the source code;
• and
• utilizing the compiled representation of the updated version of the source code to continue the debugging session.

A computer program product comprising a computer-readable memory having computer program logic recorded thereon that when executed by at least one processor causes the at least one processor to perform a method, the method comprising:

• for each of a plurality of functions included in source code being debugged during a debugging session in a software development system:
• determining that a user interacted with a representation of the function in a graphical user interface (GUI) of the software development system;
• in response to at least determining that the user interacted with the representation of the function, providing within the GUI of the software development system a first interactive control as a selectable option that the user can activate to prevent optimization of the function;
• in response to at least determining that the user has activated the first interactive control, automatically marking the function via an insertion of source code to generate an updated version of the source code;
• and
• building a compiled representation of the updated version of the source code in which at least one optimization is disabled for the function and in which at least one optimization is enabled for at least one other function of the updated version of the source code;
• presenting, within a first portion of the GUI that is different from a second portion of the GUI that displays the source code, a list of functions that have been unoptimized during the debugging session, the first portion of the GUI and the second portion of the GUI being displayed simultaneously;
• providing a second interactive control within the GUI that the user can activate to re-optimize all of the plurality of functions;
• and
• in response to at least determining that the user has activated the second interactive control, automatically removing each insertion of source code for all of the functions.