> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Steve Huston > <shus...@riverace.com> wrote: > >> If linux has valgrind which is an open source memory checker, is > >> there any equivalent on Windows? I noticed ctest supports purify, > >> but it looks like that's only a pay solution. Am I out of luck > >> trying to find a memory checker that's open source on Windows? > > > > I've not heard of any. But IMO, Purify is worth the money > IBM charges > > for it - you'll save more than that in time spent tracking > down memory > > errors. > > > > Does it work well with complex applications? I have used boundschecker > in the past (years ago) and now memoryvalidator but I find that these > are very difficult to use when there are thousands of memory > allocations tracked. I see way too many false positives (stl, boost, > qt,mfc ...) and other issues. Also with these the memory corruption > testing is way too slow to be helpful. It works fine on a small test > project but fails miserably in an application with 1 million lines of > code.
You can get a free trial and see how it works out for you. -Steve _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
