Re: MSVC++ : Any way of hooking before the first static initialization and/or after the last static destruction?
"Doug Harrison [MVP]" <dsh@mvps.org> wrote in message
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On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:02:51 -0800 (PST), Bertrand Augereau
<bertrand.augereau@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello everybody,
I would really love this for debugging purpose, good and memory leaks
reporting and such other things.
Is there a technique, as ugly and non-portable it might be?
Thanks in advance,
Bertrand
The VC debug heap does detect memory leaks after the last static duration
object has been destroyed.
There is also #pragma init_seg:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7977wcck(VS.80).aspx
At the lowest level, I would look into defining a custom entry point for
the program.
Of course you could always have the app as a DLL with a tiny loader
executable (dynamic via LoadLibrary) and let the leak detection be done in
the executable (after FreeLibrary). Then all static destructors are
guaranteed to have finished.
--
Doug Harrison
Visual C++ MVP
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