Visual Leak Detector is a free, robust, open-source memory leak detection system for Visual C++.
It‘s pretty easy to use. After installing it, you just need to tell Visual C++ where to find the included header and library file.
Then it can be used with any C/C++ project simply by adding the following line to your code: #include <vld.h>
When you run your program under the Visual Studio debugger, Visual Leak Detector will output a memory leak report at the end of your debugging session. The leak report includes the full call stack showing how any leaked memory blocks were allocated. Double-click on a line in the call stack to jump to that file and line in the editor window.
It‘s a very effective way to quickly diagnose, and fix, memory leaks in C/C++ applications.
The main differencebetween theCRT DebugLibrary andVLD, is thatVisual Leak Detectorshowsyou the completecallstackused formemory allocationhas led to theleak.
For example:
---------- Block 1199 at 0x04BE1058: 136 bytes ----------
Call Stack:
d:\Foobar\FooLog.cpp (26): FooLog::getInstance
d:\Foobar\FooMain.cpp (75): FooMain::init
f:\dd\vctools\crt_bld\self_x86\crt\src\crtexe.c (578): __tmainCRTStartup
f:\dd\vctools\crt_bld\self_x86\crt\src\crtexe.c (403): WinMainCRTStartup
0x759A3677 (File and line number not available): BaseThreadInitThunk
0x770C9D42 (File and line number not available): RtlInitializeExceptionChain
0x770C9D15 (File and line number not available): RtlInitializeExceptionChain
Data:
9C 33 2D 6B 74 2A 2D 6B C8 11 BE 04 00 00 00 00 .3-kt*-k ........
00 00 00 00 70 14 BB 6C 70 14 BB 6C 00 00 00 00 ....p..l p..l....
00 00 00 00 68 14 BB 6C 68 14 BB 6C 00 00 00 00 ....h..l h..l....
00 00 00 00 6C 14 BB 6C 6C 14 BB 6C 20 12 BE 04 ....l..l l..l....
00 00 00 00 CD 00 CD CD 00 00 00 00 01 CD CD CD ........ ........
68 14 BB 6C 78 33 2D 6B 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 h..lx3-k ........
00 00 00 00 01 02 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........ ........
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 88 11 BE 04 5C 10 BE 04 ........ ....\...
00 00 00 00 20 CD CD CD ........ ........
YES,it‘s so easy,what we need to do is just include <vld.h>,then the information of