Memory debugger

A memory debugger is a software tool for finding memory leaks and buffer overflows. These are symptoms for design mistakes or programming errors.

Examples:

AntiC
Fence It
Electric Fence
JProbe™
libcwd
Memwatch
MemCheck
mpatrol
NJAMD
Purify
SPlint
Valgrind

See also

References

Michael C. Daconta: C++ Pointers and Dynamic Memory Management, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0-471-04998-0
Andrew Koenig: C Traps and Pitfalls, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-17928-8