"safe gcc" for checking memory errors

greg@bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Greg Ward)
26 Oct 1997 22:11:59 -0500

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From: greg@bic.mni.mcgill.ca (Greg Ward)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 26 Oct 1997 22:11:59 -0500
Organization: Brain Imaging Center, Montreal Neurological Inst.
Keywords: GCC, debug, comment

Hi all --


I have a vague recollection from a year or so ago of stumbling across a
reference to something called "Safe GCC" -- a version of gcc modified to
do range checking and (possibly) detection of other memory errors. I've
recently been reading the marketing blurb from ParaSoft about Insure++,
their commercial product for doing basically the same thing, and would
naturally like to get my hands on free software for doing the same
thing.


Alas, I didn't keep the reference, and now I can't find it again. ;-(
Anybody have anything more concrete that can help me? Or does anyone
know about similar source-analysis tools for C (and possibly C++)
range-checking, fenceposts, leaks, and so forth?


Thanks --


                Greg
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[I looked in the comp.compilers archives and couldn't find it. -John]
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