break
Breakpoint
Raises a breakpoint exception, with an optional code, that halts execution in this simulator.
Forms
breakbreakRaises a breakpoint exception (no code). Halts execution in this simulator. Used as an unconditional software breakpoint — the zero-code variant of 'break N'.
Operands
uimm16- An unsigned 16-bit immediate,
0to65535.
Halts execution in this simulator. Useful for embedding debug checkpoints in code, similar to a hardware breakpoint.
# The named instruction intentionally stops here with a breakpoint exception.
# Inspect CP0 cause ($13): exception code 9 is encoded as 0x24.
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