From: earnie_boyd@yahoo.com (Earnie Boyd) Subject: Re: memory problem debugging 26 Aug 1998 12:20:33 -0700 Message-ID: <19980825024646.26441.rocketmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@send1c.yahoomail.com> Reply-To: earnie_boyd@yahoo.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com, Richard Caley This should be in the FAQ if it isn't already. Use the mmalloc library that comes with cygwin. Note that it has two m's for mapped memory allocation. ---Richard Caley wrote: > > > I have a pervasive problem in some code I'm proting which has all the > signs of a heap corruption. Can't isolate it by stepping or commenting > out, so next step is a cleverer malloc. > > I tried compiling Gray Watson's debugging malloc library, but it is > very unhappy (crashing in it's setup). > > Before I spend a lot of time reinventing/reporting wheels, has anyone > got such a package running under cygwin, or have an alternative/better > suggestion for how to debug heap problems. > > Thanks for any help. > > PS. Any guesses what the odds are that b19.2, b20 or whatever is going > to be usable under win95? Is the current flakeyness a passing phase or > a symptem of deep problems? > == - \\||// ---o0O0--Earnie--0O0o---- --earnie_boyd@yahoo.com-- ------ooo0O--O0ooo------- _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".