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Visual Leak Detector - Enhanced Memory Leak Detection for Visual C++

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A memory leak detector for Visual C++ packaged in an easy to use library!
Visual Leak Detector (VLD) Version 0.9c

  Change Log / Release Notes


Problems fixed in Verson 0.9c:
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+ Compile error, "error C2039: 'size' : is not a member of '_CrtMemBlockHeader'"
  occurs at line 644 of vld.cpp when building VLD with the VLD_MAX_DATA_DUMP
  preprocessor macro defined.


Problems fixed in Version 0.9b:
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+ VLD fails to detect memory leaks in class constructors if the objects
  constructed are global objects.

+ If a debug executable is built with certain compiler optimizations turned on,
  specifically frame pointer omission optimization or automatic inlining, then
  theoretically VLD may produce incomplete or inaccurate stack traces or might
  fail to produce stack traces altogether.

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In real life I'm a firmware engineer. I mostly do C and assembly programming on obscure proprietary hardware. But I started my programming career doing a lot of C++. So, occassionally in my free time I enjoy dabbling in my own Windows programming projects with Visual C++ to keep my C++ skills from rotting away completely.

I also like to keep abreast of the GNU/Linux scene because, well let's face it, Windows isn't everything. I've recently found Cygwin to be a good way of getting the best of both worlds.

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