Detecting memory leaks using _CrtDumpMemoryLeaks

[hjazz]

Hi,

This is my first time using the CRT library for detecting memory leaks, and I'm using Visual C++ 2003. As mentioned in this website (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x98tx3cf.aspx), I included the statements in my program

#define _CRTDBG_MAP_ALLOC
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <crtdbg.h> 

followed by another header file that contains all other header files like stdio.h, windows.h and structure/function declarations. I also have

_CrtDumpMemoryLeaks();

right before my function returns.

When I tried to build my program, I get the errors

error C2059: syntax error: 'constant'
error C2059: syntax error: 'string'
error C2733: second C linkage of overloaded function '_aligned_malloc_dbg' not allowed

for the function prototypes in malloc.h, e.g.

_CRTIMP void * __cdecl calloc(size_t, size_t);
_CRTIMP void * __cdecl free(void *);

etc.

How do I run the memory check debugger correctly?

Thank you.

Regards,
Rayne

[kbw]

Can you post the full error(s) as output by the compiler please.

[S G H]

Can you post the full error(s) as output by the compiler please.

And the lines where your errors say the error is at?
Anyways, VS03 is quite old, even older than VS06 D:
Probably you just need to update your IDE.
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