[ale] C++ memory leak

[James Sumners]

How about http://www.andreasen.org/LeakTracer/ ?

On 10/11/06, Jim <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com> wrote:
> I'm about to go batty here.  Maybe I am.
>
> I have a fairly complex application that uses a number of third party
> class libraries, all open source.  I've got a slight memory leak.  It
> seems to grab about a meg a day.  I've attempted to locate the leak
> using a variety of methods including Electric Fence, setting the log to
> output almost all steps and including frequent memory checks to see what
> it is doing when the memory gets incremented.  I pretty much haven't
> found a thing.  The problem seemed to occur at random.   I converted all
> of my pointers to boost smart pointers and am fairly sure I'm using them
> legally to eliminate a missing "delete" somewhere.
>
> I'm about to break down and purchase a package to help me, but I need to
> know what works.  Does anyone have any experience with anything to chase
> down memory leaks in C++ apps?  I did try an open source package but it
> was giving me bad data.  I don't think the STL has any memory leaks,
> however this package accused it along with almost everything else.  I
> don't recall the name of the package right now.
>
> Thanks for any tips.
>
> Jim.
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