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From:	pdc AT lunch DOT engr DOT sgi DOT com (Paul Close)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: malloc without malice
Date:	18 Jun 1995 18:47:20 GMT
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Raphael Quinet <Raphael DOT Quinet AT eed DOT ericsson DOT se> writes:
>It's a pity that good software such as Purify is not freeware, because this
>provides an invaluable help when debugging that kind of errors.  I had
>exactly the same problem today in a large program and I found the error in
>two minutes with Pufiry 3.0.  I know I would have spent several hours if I
>didn't have that tool.  Does anybody know if there is a freeware program (or
>malloc library) offering the same features as Purify?

It's not exactly purify, which is very comprehensive, but I really like
Conor Cahill's malloc_debug package posted to comp.sources.misc.  Here's
the info I have:

From: cpcahil AT vti DOT com (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.misc
Subject: v32i005:  dbmalloc - Debug Malloc Library PL14, Part00/10

His package has helped me solve every memory corruption problem I've ever
had, and I've had a few :-)  I've only used it under unix, so I'm not sure
how it would work under djgpp, but it should be just as useful.  One thing I
really like is it's very easy to tailor to the speed-completeness tradeoffs
you need to make.
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Paul Close          pdc AT sgi DOT com          http://reality.sgi.com/employees/pdc/

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