Re: WWDC / XCode v2.0?
Re: WWDC / XCode v2.0?
- Subject: Re: WWDC / XCode v2.0?
- From: Chris Ridd <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 07:51:39 +0100
On 2/7/04 12:22 am, Tobias Sargeant <email@hidden> wrote:
> [The] one thing I really miss from programming on linux/x86 is valgrind.
> Valgrind (at least on x86) makes guard page based malloc debuggers,
> leak checkers and a host of other debugging tools essentially redundant.
> Also, unlike programs like purify, it doesn't preinstrument code (and
> works better in any case).
If you're just talking about the Linux/x86 version of purify, I'd agree.
However the Solaris version works quite differently - on Linux purify parses
each source file (and inserts instrumentation, I guess) before compiling it,
and on Solaris you purify when linking.
I've had Linux/x86 purify simply not be able to parse some open source stuff
:-(
OTOH Valgrind can indicate errors in completely incorrect pieces of code, so
it isn't perfect by any means.
Valgrind's a nice tool. It isn't always better than purify, but it is nice
to be able to choose between multiple tools :-)
Cheers,
Chris
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