David R. Barach
Abstract
This paper describes a simple tool for diagnosing allocation errors in C-language [Kern 78] programs. Our tool consists of a traced replacement for the standard memory allocator, and a program to analyze traces. We have found this tool quite helpful in making long-running programs (e.g. text editors) more robust.
- {Kern 78} Kernighan, B. W., and Ritchie, D. M., The C Programming Language, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1978 Google Scholar
Digital Library
- {Bara 81} Barach, Taenzer and Wells, "Design of the PEN video editor Display Module," Proceedings of ACM Symposium on Text Manipulation, SIGPLAN Notices, June 1981. Google ScholarDigital Library
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