On Mar 17, 2007, at 1:38 PM, Paul Beard wrote:
Yes, I saw that. Does anyone know what valgrind does/how it works and if there is something similar in the Darwin/MacPorts toolchain? It doesn't build on Darwin as it requires a lot of integration with the kernel of the host system.
It's a debugging and profiling tool. I think you do do some (but probably not all) of the memory checks with other tools on Mac OS X (it looks like they were asking you to run the program with valgrind's memory checks). Setting MallocPreScribble, MallocScribble, MallocBadFreeAbort, MallocStackLogging, running leaks, and maybe malloc_history (see the malloc(), leaks, and malloc_history man pages) should approximate what it seems like they are looking for. -- Daniel J. Luke +========================================================+ | *---------------- dluke@geeklair.net ----------------* | | *-------------- http://www.geeklair.net -------------* | +========================================================+ | Opinions expressed are mine and do not necessarily | | reflect the opinions of my employer. | +========================================================+