[fpc-devel] compile time memory leak detection

Nikolai Zhubr zhubr at mail.ru
Tue Jan 19 14:47:08 CET 2010


19.01.2010 16:16, Thaddy:
> Nikolai Zhubr wrote:
>> I'd guess this would require huge work and substantial modifications
>> to the language though.
> The compiler then has to assert all possible codepaths... Do you think
> that's a viable option?

I don't have that much expertise to judge really, but I'd suppose this
can't be done at compile time completely.
On the other hand, refcounting at run-time could work, theoretically. 
(IIRC long strings use refcounting already)

Nikolai

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