Re: Where is the memory leak

From:
Ulrich Eckhardt <eckhardt@satorlaser.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++.moderated
Date:
17 May 2006 11:13:02 -0400
Message-ID:
<charj3-kr7.ln1@satorlaser.homedns.org>
Aditya Pandit wrote:

typedef boost::shared_ptr<SomeClass> SomePtr;
typedef std::vector<SomePtr> vSomePtr;

ClassA {
public:
   vSomePtr methodA( ); //returns a vector of shared_ptrs
}

classB::methodB //processes a vector of smart_ptrs
{
           .........
          vSomePtr vTmp(pClassA->methodA()) ; //boundschecker shows a
memory leak here
           //process the vector
           vTmp.clear( );
          ...........
}


There is no memleak in above code, provided you did not hit a bug in
either
Boost, your standardlibrary or your compiler.

Boundschecker shows a memory leak in the above statement


What exactly does it claim is leaking? Parts of the vector, parts of the
contained shared_ptrs or parts of what they point to? Also, what
version of
Boost are we talking about and what compiler/stdlib are you using?

Uli

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