Talk:Memory debugger
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Cleanup edit
I put a cleanup tag on the article because there really is no article at all, just a short explanation and a list. --Dr. WTF 00:00, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
- I removed the tag because what is there is clean, even though it needs expansion and possibly a rename to list of memory debuggers. (also it's been over 5 years.) RJFJR (talk) 14:37, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
Static tools edit
It seems extremely odd to have static analyzers on this list of memory debuggers. If you look at the definition, static tools don't really apply - these are runtime tools that analyze actual memory use. Probably the static ones should be removed. CodeCurmudgeon (talk) 14:11, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
As defined in the article, "A memory debugger is a programming tool for finding memory leaks and buffer overflows". So any tool that can detect memory leak or buffer overflow, either statically (compile time) or run-time is included. That's my understanding. --Buhadram (talk) 19:21, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
- The 'debugger' part of it is where the tool actually connects to the running program - that's how memory debuggers are different than static analyzers, even though static tools can find some instances of memory problems. CodeCurmudgeon (talk) 15:32, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
Possible refs edit
Here's a couple of possible refs I haven't had a chance to check in-depth yet but I suspect will help this article.
- http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/5386906/
- Jonathan B. Rosenberg, How Debuggers Work: Algorithms, Data Structures, and Architecture, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0-471-14966-7
- http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/10014567294/
I'll try and check them out when I have a bit more time. CodeCurmudgeon (talk) 16:35, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
"runtime debugger" edit
I'm removing the claim in the first sentence that a memory debugger is also known as a runtime debugger. I wouldn't post on a Talk page about a correction of an obvious error except that it's got a citation and shouldn't. The citation is to a humorous article unrelated to memory debuggers. Below the article on the cited page, there's an advertisement for a runtime debugger that mentions memory debugging in the first bullet points in the ad. This, then, is a factual error with a bad citation. On Sober Reflection (talk) 20:53, 14 December 2019 (UTC)