insure++ also has a cheperone mode, in which you do not have to compilie it with your own code.
On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Kovriga, Gregory wrote: > Here is what I can say from my experience: > purify - very nice, mostly stable. needs at least linking, and while linking > it can fail on some unusual library + it uses embedded path as the first > priority while searching for the library - this particular feature caused > some problem since libraries are found in places where you don't intend them > to be found. > Insure++ - at least our version was buggy - it didn't work. you need to > compile with it... but it checks your source while compiling so it can find > a problem (obvious problem) even before running anything... > valgrind - no compilation, no linking. Eats a lot of memory - thus you are > limited in number of errors you can report and you need to write suppression > files to get to the real trouble point... Catches everything that can be > caught using such a tool. > > Thanks, > Gregory. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Sternberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 12:32 PM > To: linux-il (E-mail) > Subject: RE: Valgrind (was: KDE 3.0.2 RPM packages) > > > > > Other commercial tools like Insure++ for example ? > > -- -----Original Message----- > -- From: Guy Baruch [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > -- Subject: Re: Valgrind (was: KDE 3.0.2 RPM packages) > -- > -- how does it compare with rational's purify tool ? > -- or any other such commercial tool ? > -- > -- Kovriga, Gregory wrote: > -- > -- >I tried it on a real project (we were porting from HP to Linux and it > turned > -- >out that Linux isn't so forgiving as HP when talking about memory :) > -- >It was very helpful! > -- > > > -- Orna. | http://tx.technion.ac.il/~agmon There are only 10 types of people in the world- Those who understand binary, and those who do not. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
