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Memory Checker Tools For C++?

Posted by kdawson on from the heaps-and-bounds dept.

An anonymous reader writes "These newfangled memory-managed languages like Java and C# leave an old C++ dev like me feeling like I am missing the love. Are there any good C++ tools out there that do really good memory validation and heap checking? I have used BoundsChecker but I was looking for something a little faster. For my problem I happen to need something that will work on Windows XP 64. It's a legacy app so I can't just use Boosts' uber nifty shared_ptr. Thanks for any ideas."

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  1. Re:Duh! by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 4, Funny

    Replace new/delete, malloc/free, whatever/whichever, with your own tracking version. In the end you may come out with an even better idea of memory handling for whatever you are working on at the time. God-awful simple you idiot !! You disgust me that you are so stupid !! Just replace that post with your own comment system, such as replacing God-awful with I'm, idiot with smart, disgust with inspire and stupid with curious.
  2. Re:I've used... by inviolet · · Score: 5, Funny

    Memory checkers? GARBAGE COLLECTORS?! Have you no HONOR?!

    We are KLINGON. We need no checkers. We need no garbage collectors. We need none of these weak HUMAN facilities. We write our CODE from the COMMAND LINE:

    > COPY CON DECAPITATOR.EXE
    [Alt+077] [ALT+090] . . .

    --
    FATMOUSE + YOU = FATMOUSE