C++Talk.NET C++ language newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  purify-like tools working also for fortan 90?          C++Talk.NET Forum Index -> C++ language (comp.lang.c++) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message tomekj Guest Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 6:09 am    Post subject: purify-like tools working also for fortan 90? Hello Everyone - I posted this question in Fortran section few days ago, but got no replies so far - so I post it again here: I would appreciate if someone could suggest some momory debugging tools for fortran 90 - analogous to Purify. Actually, Purify works to some extent with fortran 90 executables, but apparently signals as errors all memory allocations (as UMR - uninitialized memory read) and deallocations (as ABR - array bounds read) -- so it is difficult to isolate the real errors. Another possibility I tried was Electric Fence, but that usually stops right away at the first allocation. I would appreciate any information on commercial or non-commercial tools of that kind, or maybe some tricks to be played with Purify. Thomas -- Posted via http://dbforums.com Back to top stelios xanthakis Guest Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 8:08 am    Post subject: Re: purify-like tools working also for fortan 90? tomekj <member45662 (AT) dbforums (DOT) com> wrote Quote: Hello Everyone - I posted this question in Fortran section few days ago, but got no replies so far - so I post it again here: I would appreciate if someone could suggest some momory debugging tools for fortran 90 - analogous to Purify. Actually, Purify works to some extent with fortran 90 executables, but apparently signals as errors all memory allocations (as UMR - uninitialized memory read) and deallocations (as ABR - array bounds read) -- so it is difficult to isolate the real errors. The 'valgrind' x86 memory error detector is an ass-kicking tool, it emulates an entire CPU and catches using uninitialized data, mallocs, frees, etc. Much better than purify. It will work as long as the executable has debugging information. It only supports x86 executables and is known to work for the GNU/linux system. It was developed for KDE. http://freshmeat.net/projects/valgrind/ Back to top tomekj Guest Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 10:50 pm    Post subject: Re: purify-like tools working also for fortan 90? Originally posted by Stelios Xanthakis Quote: tomekj <member45662 (AT) dbforums (DOT) com> wrote in message news:<3529991.1067321363 (AT) dbforums (DOT) com>... Hello Everyone - I posted this question in Fortran section few days ago, but got no replies so far - so I post it again here: I would appreciate if someone could suggest some momory debugging tools for fortran 90 - analogous to Purify. Actually, Purify works to some extent with fortran 90 executables, but apparently signals as errors all memory allocations (as UMR - uninitialized memory read) and deallocations (as ABR - array bounds read) -- so it is difficult to isolate the real errors. The 'valgrind' x86 memory error detector is an ass-kicking tool, it emulates an entire CPU and catches using uninitialized data, mallocs, frees, etc. Much better than purify. It will work as long as the executable has debugging information. It only supports x86 executables and is known to work for the GNU/linux system. It was developed for KDE. http://freshmeat.net/projects/valgrind/"]http://freshmeat.net/p- rojects/valgrind/[/url] Thanks for the advice - I will try it (although I would like to have something running on Unix, particularly Irix). Regards, Thomas -- Posted via http://dbforums.com Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         C++Talk.NET Forum Index -> C++ language (comp.lang.c++) All times are GMT Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum C/C++----------------C LanguageC Language (Moderated)C++ Language (Moderated)C++ language (comp.lang.c++)C++ language, library and standards Non-English C/C++ Newsgroups----------------C++ (German)C++ (French)  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2006 phpBB Group SEO toolkit © 2004-2006 webmedic.