Memory debugger
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A memory debugger is a programming tool for finding memory leaks and buffer overflows. These are symptoms for design mistakes or programming errors (bugs) related to the allocation and deallocation of dynamic memory. For a well-commented example of memory-access error detection, see the article on the Purify program.
Examples
This is a list of tools useful for memory debugging. A profiler can be used in conjunction with a memory debugger.
- AntiC
- DebugDiag
- dmalloc
- Dynamic Leak Check
- Electric Fence
- libcwd
- MemCheck
- Memwatch
- mpatrol memory handling library
- Parasoft's Insure++
- Purify
- SPlint
- Valgrind
- WinDBG
- TotalView
See also
References
- Michael C. Daconta: C++ Pointers and Dynamic Memory Management, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0-471-04998-0
- Andrew Koenig: C Traps and Pitfalls, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-17928-8
External links
- "[Hunting Memory Bugs]" by Ivan Skytte Jørgensen
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