Re: erratic pointers

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Anita Kishore (kishore++at++triavest.com)
Wed, 9 Jul 1997 10:26:46 -0700

On Jul 9, 11:01am, Amaury Aubel wrote:
> Subject: erratic pointers
> Hi,
>
>
> I have a library where I suspect memory leaks occur.
> Sometimes the program terminates on:
> texture[i] = pfuNewSharedTex(tex_name,pfGetSharedArena());
>
> or
>
> index = (ushort *)pfMalloc(n*sizeof(ushort),pfGetSharedArena());
> (where n is reasonably small)
> causes corruption of pfGeoSets which are stored elsewhere.
>
> Would anyone know a piece of software that can monitor memory so as to track
> down erratic pointers for example? (Even if the memory is pfMalloc'd and not
> malloc'd of course)
>
> I have heard of "purify" but will it work in conjunction with Performer?
>

I have used purify a little. Seems to be ok with performer appl.

-anita

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