Microsoft Visual Studio (2003/2005) informs about memory leakes in a module by setting the “leak check” bit, _CRTDBG_LEAK_CHECK_DF, to the debugger. The memory leak information is printed on “Output” window. [ This advantage is in “Debug” mode only. ] Example int _tmain() { int* ptr = NULL; ptr = (int*)malloc(sizeof(int)*20); for( int i=0; i<20; ++i […]

What is Memory Leak? Memory leak is a bug that mainly occurs when a program does not release the memory it has obtained for temporary use. In other words we can say it is the condition where the available computer memory reduces gradually there by resulting in poor performance. How to determine if Memory Leak […]