Object monitoring in code debugging

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving a set of target code including a code snippet specified by a developer;
• parsing, by machine logic, the code snippet to determine a raw set of variable(s) and/or expression(s) that are present in the code snippet;
• receiving, by machine logic, user input indicative of a selected set of variable(s) and/or expression(s) from the raw set of variable(s) and/or expression(s);
• executing the set of target code for debugging purposes;
• during execution of the set of target code, monitoring, by machine logic, the selected set of variable(s) and/or expressions(s) to detect to a set of memory location updates made to the set of variable(s) and/or expression(s), with each memory location update reflecting a change in memory location where a variable or expression is stored without a change in the value of the variable or expression;
• during execution of the set of target code and for each detected given memory location update of a given selected variable and/or expression of the set of variable(s) and/or expression(s), creating a contemporaneous snapshot with each snapshot including:
• (i) a memory address of the given selected variable and/or expression, and (ii) context data indicative of environment/condition related information at the time of the detected given memory location update, with the context data including:
• (a) a relationship of function calls related to the set of variable(s) and/or expression(s), and (b) a timestamp including information indicative of a creation time for the contemporaneous snapshot;
• and
• generating a memory change snapshot sequence report, with the memory change snapshot sequence report including, for each given selected variable and/or expression, a sequence of contemporaneous snapshots corresponding to detected given memory location updates, with the sequence of the contemporaneous snapshots based on the timestamps corresponding to the contemporaneous snapshots that correspond to a given selected variable and/or expression.