From: "JF Bethlehem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> From: "Chad Simmons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > --- Mike Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > I think what Edwin was referring to was fixing the actual memory
> leaks
> > > > > (especially if there are "several memory leaks i know are in
there",
> not
> > > > > redesigning anything.
> > > > Ah, well when the OP said that he was trying to debug the memory
leaks
> but
> > > > the mud wasn't dropping core anymore because of the pthreads problem
I
> > > > assumed that in order for him to go about fixing the leak issues he
> wanted
> > > > to have his core files back. Thus my suggestion for redesigning his
> system
> > >
> > > How's gdb going to be a huge help with memory leaks anyway?
> > > And if you're getting a core file, I think a memory leak is the least
of
> your
> > >
> > > worries.
> > > Or should I assume that people are going to call any bug a memory
leak?
> >
> > That's what my assumtion was. Most "mud coders" don't really know what a
> memory
> > leak is, (often the assumtion is anything that crashes the mud is a
memory
> > leak). So I guessed when he started talking about core files that he was
> not
> > actually talking about memory leaks, and thus tried to help with the
core
> file
> > issue. If he actually has problems with memory leaking then you are
right,
> gdb
> > and core files won't really help much.
> >
> heh, i know what memleaks are, i also know cores and gdb are useless to
find
> them.
> My biggest problem atm is that i'm the only coder that actually has more
> than 2 months
> programming experience (6 yrs by now, on various codebases, and non-mud
> things), and
> have an idea when i've got a memleak problem....
>
> the whole gdb thing was a second question only ;) i can live without
having
> cores and stuff,
> it'll be annoying, but i can live with it.
> That which i do have lots of problems with is memory leaks, i assume there
> are several
> dozens of them in the code, some more frequently used than others, but
still
> way
> too many (1's too much already ;) )
Take a look at Edwin's memory leak fix page to plug some:
http://www.fataldimensions.org/romcoding/memleak.php
For more fixes go to the ROMList Archive and search for "mem leak":
http://the-infinite.org/lists/romlist/
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