CrtDumpMemoryLeaks detecting leaks in string objects

[Kiristu]

Hello,

I'm working on detecting memory leaks in my Irrlicht project. Since I'm using Visual C++, I found that I'm supposed to use:

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#define _CRTDBG_MAP_ALLOC
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <crtdbg.h>
 

Then:

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_CrtDumpMemoryLeaks();
 

To show them when I close my application.

It seems that string (stringc or stringc) allocations imply memory leaks.

I think they are false positive, but how can I eliminate those to see only "real" leaks ?

Thanks

[CuteAlien]

We test with that once in a while. I'm currently not on Windows currently, but are you sure this is an Irrlicht problem and not from your code? Please try it with one of the examples - and also tell which example you used then.

[zerochen]

hi,

you can use something like this http://vld.codeplex.com/

or to reduce the false postive you can also add something like this

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class A
{
      //do memory staff here
};
int main()
{
      //change the scope 
     {
           A a;
 
 
     } // obj a will be destroyed here
 
     //without the scope change the obj is here still alive
     _CrtDumpMemoryLeaks();
}
 

regards
zerochen

edit: CuteAlien: _CrtDumpMemoryLeaks() will detect static objs so i think its just a false positive one

[Kiristu]

you can use something like this http://vld.codeplex.com/

Ho thank you, that was the kind of tool I was looking for and I only found CRT thing until now.

So, of course, with this tool, no more leaks in Irrlicht occur and I can debug mines.

Thanks again