RE: [misterhouse-users] Tracking down memory leaks

[Bruce W. <br...@mi...>]

> I'm trying to track down a memory leak that my code is producing.
>
> I was wondering how MH handles variable declarations in my code, or more
> specifically if I have a section of code like
>
> if( some test that gets evaluated in the main loop)
> {
> 	my $variable_one
> 	my $variable_two
> 		.
> 		.
> 		.
> }
>
> will MH create the variables every time the test evaluates true?
>
> Thanks,
> Nick Maddock

Yes, it would create and destroy those variable whenever that test was true.
Should not cause a leak though.  We do that all the time and perl is pretty
efficient at it.

One way to track down leaks is to start with a simple mh code dir, then
gradually add your code back in.   The 'start the memory leak checker' tries
to do this automatically, disabling one member at a time.

Bruce