I'd like to request a new feature for showing the
allocators of various object classes/types on the heap.
Currently, with the heap view, you can take a heap
snapshot, but that only gives you a single view of what
types of objects are on the heap.
That lets you see what objects are the problems in a
memory leak, but doesn't help you get more information
about those objects.
In particular, I would like to request that the
allocators of those objects are viewable. For example,
if I find that I have 100MB of char[] on my heap, I
would like to be able to see what objects/methods are
allocating the most char[] by size and quantity. This
is extremely helpful for diagnosing memory leaks.
With my latest memory leak, I had to switch to using a
commercial tool in order to get this information. I was
unable to figure it out with the free profiler plugin.
I'd love to be able to use the profiler plugin exclusively!