[Pantheios-announce] [Pantheios Tips 'n' Tricks] Pantheios::Extras::DiagUtil 0.1.1 (alpha 1)

[Matt W. <st...@gm...>]

I've just released the first publicly available version - 0.1.1 (alpha
1) - of Pantheios::Extras::DiagUtil; details here.


It allows a user to replace code such as:


#if defined(_MSC_VER) && \ defined(_DEBUG) # include <crtdbg.h> #endif
int main(int argc, char** argv) { #if defined(_MSC_VER) && \
defined(_DEBUG) _CrtMemState memState;
_CrtMemCheckpoint(&memState); #endif int result; . . . // main program
logic (which must assign to result) #if defined(_MSC_VER) && \
defined(_DEBUG) _CrtMemDumpAllObjectsSince(&memState); #endif return
result; }

with:


#include <pantheios/extras/diagutil.hpp> int program(int argc, char**
argv) { . . . // main program logic return EXIT_SUCCESS; } int main(int
argc, char** argv) { return pantheios::extras::diagutil::
main_leak_trace::invoke(argc, argv, program); }

or, if your program is written in C, with:


#include <pantheios/extras/diagutil.h> int program(int argc, char**
argv) { . . . // main program logic return EXIT_SUCCESS; } int main(int
argc, char** argv) { return
pantheios_extras_diagutil_main_leak_trace_invoke( argc, argv,
program); }

The immediate advantate is clear: substantially improved transparency
in your application code. There are three secondary advantages:

- you do not need to explicitly conditionally include crtdbg.h
- the library can be enhanced in the future to work with other
compiler-extensions, without requiring any changes to your code
- you do not have to avoid the use of return statements in your main
program logic, and to remember to assign to result

More memory-tracing functionality will appear in forthcoming releases.

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Posted By Matt Wilson to Pantheios Tips 'n' Tricks at 1/07/2011
06:12:00 PM