I'm looking for free memory leak detector for Qt. I use Qt Creator 1.3 with Qt version 4.6 (32 bit). The platform is Windows 7 Ultimate.
Thanks.
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I'm not sure about Qt in particular, but I use Valgrind for memory-leak tracking.
EDIT: Valgrind doesn't work on Windows, so this doesn't actually answer the question.
Lucas Jones
2010-05-02 11:37:04
-1 since the OP stated that the platform is Windows, for which Valgrind is not available. Have posted a link to another question which refers to memory leak detection tools on Windows specifically.
Gareth Stockwell
2010-05-02 22:20:54
It's not? :) Sorry - I assumed it was.
Lucas Jones
2010-05-02 23:03:44
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I have used Valgrind on a major graphical Qt product. Like any software tool it takes serious effort to learn how to use it and configure it efficiently. I am still a newbie at using it really but I find it very useful and beneficial to find memory issues. It can slow the debugged program to a very noticeable extent. I still recommend it though.
The lack of a memory debugging mechanism in Qt is a somewhat surprising omission for a commercial C++ framework.
Sam
2010-05-02 11:53:45
-1 since the OP stated that the platform is Windows, for which Valgrind is not available. Have posted a link to another question which refers to memory leak detection tools on Windows specifically.
Gareth Stockwell
2010-05-02 22:21:26
+1
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Although this question is not Qt-specific, the answers do refer to various general-purpose memory leak detection tools which are available on Windows. The two which are mentioned in the accepted answer are commercial tools, but there are some free alternatives referred to in other answers.
Gareth Stockwell
2010-05-02 22:08:59