Re: [Mingw-users] MingW linker options and libraries

[Leo <ch...@te...>]

heapcheck may be useful too (may need to modify it a bit to compile with 
mingw):
http://www.softlab.ece.ntua.gr/~ttsiod/HeapCheck.html

Also there's DrMingw (from mingw-utils), for JIT debugging , great for 
these situations.

Also, make sure you use the latest stable mingw.

Happy bug busting. :)


Greg Chicares wrote:

> Shanti Rao wrote:
>
>>
>> When I run a console program from the console, I get a message saying
>>
>> This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an 
>> unusual way.
>> Please contact the application's support team for more information.
>>
>> But it works fine when I run the program from gdb. Methinks the 
>> console interface isn't being set up right.
>
>
> This set of symptoms arises frequently. Typically, the
> problem is an uninitialized variable. Such a variable has
> a random value when you run it normally, but the debugger
> may happen to zero-initialize it, making the program seem
> to work.
>
> Try to reduce the program to a tiny testcase that reliably
> reproduces the problem. Once you've eliminated everything
> that's not the problem, you'll probably see it.
>
> Alternatively, try using a 'malloc debugger' such as
> mpatrol. Or add lots of runtime assertions to check sanity
> at every step. Or try using a map file to find where the
> problem is, and backtrack from there.
>
>
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