From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Software
Date: 1 Dec 2000 15:28:26 GMT
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Paulo J. Matos aka PDestroy <pdestroy AT netcabo DOT pt> wrote:
> Hi, Is there any software that will scan my C program and warn me about any
> not freed memory, not closed file descriptor, etc?

Doing analyses of that kind statically (i.e. by looking at the C
sources) is hard or impossible. You usually have to do it at runtime,
by putting a layer of abstraction between malloc() & friends and the
target program that adds various types of checking.

YAMD is one of the tools that do this.

> I've heard about lint but I don't know what it does or even if there
> is lint for DOS/WINDOWS.

There are several, I think.  But none of them is available for free or
compatible with DJGPP, AFAIK.


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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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