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From: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com (Earnie Boyd)
Subject: Re: memory problem debugging
26 Aug 1998 12:20:33 -0700 :
Message-ID: <19980825024646.26441.rocketmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@send1c.yahoomail.com>
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To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com, Richard Caley <rjc AT cstr DOT ed DOT ac DOT uk>

This should be in the FAQ if it isn't already.  Use the mmalloc
library that comes with cygwin.  Note that it has two m's for mapped
memory allocation.

---Richard Caley <rjc AT cstr DOT ed DOT ac DOT uk> wrote:
>
> 
> I have a pervasive problem in some code I'm proting which has all the
> signs of a heap corruption. Can't isolate it by stepping or commenting
> out, so next step is a cleverer malloc. 
> 
> I tried compiling Gray Watson's debugging malloc library, but it is
> very unhappy (crashing in it's setup).
> 
> Before I spend a lot of time reinventing/reporting wheels, has anyone
> got such a package running under cygwin, or have an alternative/better
> suggestion for how to debug heap problems.
> 
> Thanks for any help.
> 
> PS. Any guesses what the odds are that b19.2, b20 or whatever is going
> to be usable under win95? Is the current flakeyness a passing phase or
> a symptem of deep problems?
> 


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