Re: Heap corruption
Bruce. wrote:
We have Visual Studio C++ .NET 2003.
Question: Quite a few years ago, there were bugs in the Dinkumware STL
libraries distributed by MS as part of VS 5.0 and 6.0.
[...]
We've started using STL again assuming all of that has been fixed by 2003,
and suddenly we're once again seeing crashes in RtlFreeHeap again,
numerous times a day.
Just for your info, we have an application that makes heavy use of the C++
standardlibrary, using the unpatched implementation that came with VC7.1
and it is also using multiple threads. So, empirically, the supplied
standardlib is stable.
Now, in order to find what's going on, I'd suggest using a checked
implementation. Such an implementation uses additional checks to detect
conditions that the standard calls "undefined behaviour" like advancing
iterators across the valid bounds and which lead to subtle corruptions. You
can get such an implementation e.g. from STLport (free) or from Dinkumware
(commercial), both directly or via an upgrade to at least VC8/VS2005.
Finally, STL != C++ standard library, but the latter is the one you mean. ;)
good luck
Uli
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