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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. um by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    boost::shared_ptr is not a memory checker, it's a reference-counted smart pointer, and works fine in legacy apps (such as compiled under VC++ 6).

  2. Re:two points by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Boehm's garbage collector is used in Inkscape -- and they did gradually introduce its use, so you can start using it for some things and gradually extend the usage.

    Boudewijn

  3. Valgrind by bms20 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Use valgrind : www.valgrind.org It is (in my opinion) the best tool available for this purpose. In fact, I develop C++ exclusively on linux first because of valgrind, then port to Win32 later. By the way, you're not missing out on anything special by not programming in Java or C#. Both of those languages are slow, and introduce their own language complexities. -bms20