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From: tps@chem.ucsd.edu (Tom Stockfisch)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Tracking memory leaks..
Message-ID: <288@chem.ucsd.EDU>
Date: 10 Sep 88 19:04:25 GMT
References: <3950011@eecs.nwu.edu> <164@amsdsg.UUCP>
Reply-To: tps@chem.ucsd.edu (Tom Stockfisch)
Organization: Chemistry Dept, UC San Diego
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In article <164@amsdsg.UUCP> jeff@amsdsg.UUCP (Jeff Barr) writes:
>In article <3950011@eecs.nwu.edu>, naim@eecs.nwu.edu (Naim Abdullah) writes:
>> I want to check sections of a big program for memory leaks....

>You can allocate space for an extra 'int' in xmalloc, store the size
>yourself at the beginning of the allocated block (being sure to return a
>pointer PAST the 'int'), and then retrieve it in xfree.

This assumes that "int" has the most stringent alignment requirements.
Doesn't draft-ANS have a MAXALIGN_T or something like that?
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|| Tom Stockfisch, UCSD Chemistry	tps@chem.ucsd.edu