[Dev-C++] Memory leak detection tool?

[Nicolas R. <ni...@bo...>]

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to find a decent memory leak detection tool that

      - works correctly with the latest version of Dev-C++ 5 (i.e. gcc 
3.2)
      - works with C++ code (we use new/delete as opposed to malloc/free)
      - is free, or at least free for non-commercial purposes
      - is reasonably easy to build and install

Our students need such a tool in order to debug dynamic memory-related 
problems. They don't write any Win32 code, just ANSI C++ programs.

I have used MSS ("Memory Supervision System") in the past, and it was 
mostly OK (although it did have its little quirks). But I could not get 
it to compile correctly with Dev.

Another good-looking option would be the mpatrol library, of which 
there is a precompiled version in a package on the MinGW downloads 
page... but programs linked to that lib seem to fail, probably because 
of the gcc 3.2 changes (although the MinGW mpatrol package is dated 
07/21/2003 -- that's post-3.2, isn't it? anyway, it doesn't seem to 
work). Has anyone managed to build mpatrol from source using Dev?

Any tips or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Nicolas
Buenos Aires, Argentina