What memory leak detection tools are available for use with open source C/C++ on Windows?
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I use deleaker - power tool. But it's proprietary) – John Smith Apr 02 '12 at 20:04
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I've been using VLD (Visual Leak Detector) for some times, it works nicely for good code, for more complex code; it's not perfect.
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Newer version at author's home page: http://dmoulding.googlepages.com/vld – Chris Morley Nov 13 '08 at 03:49
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From the documentation: It is designed specifically for use with Visual C++, and it depends on heap debugging functions found only in Microsoft's C runtime library. – Rob Kam Nov 13 '08 at 08:30
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@RobKam: The source code is readily available for Microsoft's C runtime library. – Ben Voigt Nov 06 '11 at 03:13
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The mem (revised) package is an effective and straightforward tool to detect memory buffer overflows, underflows, leaks, double-deletion, and dangling references.
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Snippets.org no longer exists as a host for mem.txt; it is now a deals website. I located a modified copy of Mem here for now : http://teaching.idallen.com/c_programming/mem/ – JoshDM Oct 24 '11 at 18:48
