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Memory leak in allegro5
the_AI
Member #16,314
May 2016

Guys im having a kind of memory leak problem due to which my game just crashes after 9-10 seconds. That problem might be in "Board.h" header file, "setText" method or in the "Destructor" in the "Board.cpp" file. I dont know really but it must be there.

I am attaching the screen shot to give you guys a good idea about how it looks along with the all the header and cpp files.

Any further suggestion for better code and techniques are WELCOME... THANK YOU GUYS and PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME!!! (pardon me for my bad english)... :)

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1 2 MAIN FUNCTION 3 4 #include <iostream> 5 #include <allegro5/allegro5.h> 6 #include <allegro5/allegro_native_dialog.h> 7 #include <allegro5/allegro_color.h> 8 #include <allegro5/allegro_primitives.h> 9 #include <allegro5/allegro_ttf.h> 10 #include <allegro5/allegro_font.h> 11 #include "Board.h" 12 #include "Player.h" 13 14 15 #define SCREEN_WIDTH 800 16 #define SCREEN_HEIGHT 606 17 18 19 using namespace std; 20 21 int main(){ 22 23 if(!al_init()){ 24 al_show_native_message_box(NULL, "Initializing", "Initializing error!", "Initializing failed", "Got it!", ALLEGRO_MESSAGEBOX_OK_CANCEL); 25 return -1; 26 } 27 ALLEGRO_DISPLAY *display = al_create_display(SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT); 28 29 if(!display){ 30 al_show_native_message_box(NULL, "Display", "Display error!", "Display creation failed", "Got it!", ALLEGRO_MESSAGEBOX_OK_CANCEL); 31 return -1; 32 } 33 34 al_init_font_addon(); 35 al_init_ttf_addon(); 36 al_install_keyboard(); 37 al_install_mouse(); 38 al_init_primitives_addon(); 39 40 bool game_exit = false, draw = false; 41 bool click = false; 42 float x = 0, y = 0; 43 44 45 // Allegro instances and methods 46 ALLEGRO_EVENT_QUEUE *event_queue = al_create_event_queue(); 47 48 ALLEGRO_COLOR box_color = al_map_rgb(119,136,153); 49 ALLEGRO_COLOR box_hover_color = al_map_rgb(139,156,173); 50 51 ALLEGRO_COLOR new_game_color = al_map_rgb(34, 177, 76); 52 ALLEGRO_COLOR new_game_hover_color = al_map_rgb(40, 210, 91); 53 54 ALLEGRO_COLOR exit_color = al_map_rgb(237, 28, 36); 55 ALLEGRO_COLOR exit_hover_color = al_map_rgb(255, 79, 87); 56 57 ALLEGRO_COLOR border_color = al_map_rgb(0, 0, 0); 58 ALLEGRO_COLOR caption_color = al_map_rgb(255, 128, 0); 59 ALLEGRO_COLOR score_color = al_map_rgb(235, 235, 235); 60 ALLEGRO_COLOR background = al_map_rgb(200, 191, 231); 61 ALLEGRO_COLOR back_board_color = al_map_rgb(12, 125, 200); 62 ALLEGRO_COLOR font_color = al_map_rgb(0, 0, 0); 63 ALLEGRO_TIMER *timer = al_create_timer(1.0/60); 64 65 ALLEGRO_FONT *OandX = al_load_ttf_font("Ubuntu.ttf", 25, 0); 66 ALLEGRO_FONT *exit_font = al_load_ttf_font("Ubuntu.ttf", 17, 0); 67 ALLEGRO_FONT *new_game_font = al_load_ttf_font("Ubuntu.ttf", 15, 0); 68 ALLEGRO_FONT *player_text[2]; 69 70 player_text[0] = al_load_ttf_font("Ubuntu.ttf", 15, 0); 71 player_text[1] = al_load_ttf_font("Ubuntu.ttf", 15, 0); 72 73 al_register_event_source(event_queue, al_get_display_event_source(display)); 74 al_register_event_source(event_queue, al_get_keyboard_event_source()); 75 al_register_event_source(event_queue, al_get_timer_event_source(timer)); 76 al_register_event_source(event_queue, al_get_mouse_event_source()); 77 78 79 // Objects 80 81 Player player1; 82 player1.setName("Robert "); 83 84 Player player2; 85 player2.setName("Jane "); 86 87 88 Board box[9]; 89 Board caption; 90 Board new_game; 91 Board exit; 92 Board back_board; 93 Board player_board[2]; 94 95 96 box[0].drawBorderedBoard(4, 4, 200, 200, 5, 5, box_color, border_color, 2); 97 box[1].drawBorderedBoard(205, 4, 401, 200, 5, 5, box_color, border_color, 2); 98 box[2].drawBorderedBoard(406, 4, 602, 200, 5, 5, box_color, border_color, 2); 99 100 box[3].drawBorderedBoard(4, 205, 200, 401, 5, 5, box_color, border_color, 2); 101 box[4].drawBorderedBoard(205, 205, 401, 401, 5, 5, box_color, border_color, 2); 102 box[5].drawBorderedBoard(406, 205, 602, 401, 5, 5, box_color, border_color, 2); 103 104 box[6].drawBorderedBoard(4, 406, 200, 602, 5, 5, box_color, border_color, 2); 105 box[7].drawBorderedBoard(205, 406, 401, 602, 5, 5, box_color, border_color, 2); 106 box[8].drawBorderedBoard(406, 406, 602, 602, 5, 5, box_color, border_color, 2); 107 108 new_game.drawBorderedBoard(607, 556, 700, 601, 5, 5, new_game_color, border_color, 2); 109 exit.drawBorderedBoard(704, 556, 797, 601, 5, 5, exit_color, border_color, 2); 110 111 // starting the timer 112 al_start_timer(timer); 113 114 while(!game_exit){ 115 116 ALLEGRO_EVENT events; 117 al_wait_for_event(event_queue, &events); 118 119 if(events.type == ALLEGRO_EVENT_DISPLAY_CLOSE){ 120 game_exit = true; 121 } 122 123 else if(events.type == ALLEGRO_EVENT_KEY_UP){ 124 if(events.keyboard.keycode == ALLEGRO_KEY_ESCAPE){ 125 game_exit = true; 126 } 127 } 128 129 else if(events.type == ALLEGRO_EVENT_TIMER){ 130 draw = true; 131 } 132 133 if(events.type == ALLEGRO_EVENT_MOUSE_AXES){ 134 x = events.mouse.x; 135 y = events.mouse.y; 136 } 137 138 else if(events.type == ALLEGRO_EVENT_MOUSE_BUTTON_DOWN){ 139 if(events.mouse.button & 1){ 140 click = true; 141 } 142 } 143 144 if(events.type == ALLEGRO_EVENT_MOUSE_BUTTON_UP){ 145 if(events.mouse.button & 1){ 146 click = false; 147 } 148 } 149 150 if(draw){ 151 draw = false; 152 153 //drawing score, caption and all that boards 154 caption.drawBorderedBoard(607, 3, 797, 50, 5, 5, caption_color, border_color, 2); 155 back_board.drawBorderedBoard(607, 55, 797, 551, 5, 5, back_board_color, border_color, 2); 156 player_board[0].drawBorderedBoard(705, 60, 790, 110, 5, 5, score_color, border_color, 2); 157 player_board[1].drawBorderedBoard(705, 115, 790, 165, 5, 5, score_color, border_color, 2); 158 159 160 // Event handling for buttons and boxes 161 162 // Box 1 163 if(x >= box[0].getX1() && x <= box[0].getX2() && y >= box[0].getY1() 164 && y <= box[0].getY2()){ 165 if(click){ 166 box[0].onClick(box_color); 167 box[0].setText(box[0].getMiddleX(), box[0].getMiddleY(), 100, "X"); 168 } 169 170 else{ 171 box[0].onHover(box_hover_color); 172 box[0].setText(box[0].getMiddleX(), box[0].getMiddleY(), 100, "X"); 173 } 174 } 175 else{ 176 box[0].redrawBorderedBoard(); 177 box[0].setText(box[0].getMiddleX(), box[0].getMiddleY(), 100, "X"); 178 } 179 180 181 // Box 2 182 if(x >= box[1].getX1() && x <= box[1].getX2() && y >= box[1].getY1() 183 && y <= box[1].getY2()){ 184 if(click){ 185 box[1].onClick(box_color); 186 } 187 else{ 188 box[1].onHover(box_hover_color); 189 } 190 } 191 else 192 box[1].redrawBorderedBoard(); 193 194 // Box 3 195 if(x >= box[2].getX1() && x <= box[2].getX2() && y >= box[2].getY1() 196 && y <= box[2].getY2()){ 197 if(click){ 198 box[2].onClick(box_color); 199 } 200 else{ 201 box[2].onHover(box_hover_color); 202 } 203 } 204 else 205 box[2].redrawBorderedBoard(); 206 207 // Box 4 208 if(x >= box[3].getX1() && x <= box[3].getX2() && y >= box[3].getY1() 209 && y <= box[3].getY2()){ 210 if(click){ 211 box[3].onClick(box_color); 212 } 213 else{ 214 box[3].onHover(box_hover_color); 215 } 216 } 217 else 218 box[3].redrawBorderedBoard(); 219 220 // Box 5 221 if(x >= box[4].getX1() && x <= box[4].getX2() && y >= box[4].getY1() 222 && y <= box[4].getY2()){ 223 if(click){ 224 box[4].onClick(box_color); 225 } 226 else{ 227 box[4].onHover(box_hover_color); 228 } 229 } 230 else 231 box[4].redrawBorderedBoard(); 232 233 // Box 6 234 if(x >= box[5].getX1() && x <= box[5].getX2() && y >= box[5].getY1() 235 && y <= box[5].getY2()){ 236 if(click){ 237 box[5].onClick(box_color); 238 } 239 else{ 240 box[5].onHover(box_hover_color); 241 } 242 } 243 else 244 box[5].redrawBorderedBoard(); 245 246 // Box 7 247 if(x >= box[6].getX1() && x <= box[6].getX2() && y >= box[6].getY1() 248 && y <= box[6].getY2()){ 249 if(click){ 250 box[6].onClick(box_color); 251 } 252 else{ 253 box[6].onHover(box_hover_color); 254 } 255 } 256 else 257 box[6].redrawBorderedBoard(); 258 259 // Box 8 260 if(x >= box[7].getX1() && x <= box[7].getX2() && y >= box[7].getY1() 261 && y <= box[7].getY2()){ 262 if(click){ 263 box[7].onClick(box_color); 264 } 265 else{ 266 box[7].onHover(box_hover_color); 267 } 268 } 269 else 270 box[7].redrawBorderedBoard(); 271 272 // Box 9 273 if(x >= box[8].getX1() && x <= box[8].getX2() && y >= box[8].getY1() 274 && y <= box[8].getY2()){ 275 if(click){ 276 box[8].onClick(box_color); 277 } 278 else{ 279 box[8].onHover(box_hover_color); 280 } 281 } 282 else 283 box[8].redrawBorderedBoard(); 284 285 // new game button 286 if(x >= new_game.getX1() && x <= new_game.getX2() && y >= new_game.getY1() 287 && y <= new_game.getY2()){ 288 if(click){ 289 new_game.onClick(new_game_color); 290 } 291 292 else{ 293 new_game.onHover(new_game_hover_color); 294 } 295 } 296 else 297 new_game.redrawBorderedBoard(); 298 299 // exit button 300 if(x >= exit.getX1() && x <= exit.getX2() && y >= exit.getY1() 301 && y <= exit.getY2()){ 302 if(click){ 303 exit.onClick(exit_color); 304 game_exit = true; 305 } 306 307 else{ 308 exit.onHover(exit_hover_color); 309 } 310 } 311 else 312 exit.redrawBorderedBoard(); 313 314 315 316 al_draw_text(OandX, font_color, caption.getMiddleX(), 317 caption.getMiddleY() - al_get_font_line_height(OandX) / 2, 318 ALLEGRO_ALIGN_CENTER, " O & X "); 319 320 al_draw_text(player_text[0], font_color, back_board.getMiddleX(), 321 player_board[0].getMiddleY() - al_get_font_line_height(player_text[0]) / 2, 322 ALLEGRO_ALIGN_RIGHT, player1.getName()); 323 324 al_draw_text(player_text[1], font_color, back_board.getMiddleX(), 325 player_board[1].getMiddleY() - al_get_font_line_height(player_text[1]) / 2, 326 ALLEGRO_ALIGN_RIGHT, player2.getName()); 327 328 al_draw_text(new_game_font, font_color, new_game.getMiddleX(), 329 new_game.getMiddleY() - al_get_font_line_height(new_game_font) / 2, 330 ALLEGRO_ALIGN_CENTER, "New Game"); 331 332 al_draw_text(exit_font, font_color, exit.getMiddleX(), 333 exit.getMiddleY() - al_get_font_line_height(exit_font) / 2, 334 ALLEGRO_ALIGN_CENTER, "Exit!"); 335 336 al_flip_display(); 337 al_clear_to_color(background); 338 } 339 } 340 341 al_destroy_timer(timer); 342 al_destroy_font(OandX); 343 al_destroy_font(exit_font); 344 al_destroy_font(new_game_font); 345 al_destroy_font(player_text[0]); 346 al_destroy_font(player_text[1]); 347 al_destroy_event_queue(event_queue); 348 al_destroy_display(display); 349 350 return 0; 351 } 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 // CLASS Board.h 359 360 #ifndef BOARD_H 361 #define BOARD_H 362 #include <allegro5/allegro5.h> 363 #include <allegro5/allegro_color.h> 364 #include <allegro5/allegro_ttf.h> 365 #include <allegro5/allegro_font.h> 366 367 368 class Board{ 369 public: 370 Board(); 371 ~Board(); 372 void redraw(); 373 void onClick(ALLEGRO_COLOR pressed_color); 374 void onHover(ALLEGRO_COLOR hover_color); 375 void draw(float x1, float y1, float x2, float y2, float rx, float ry, 376 ALLEGRO_COLOR board_color); 377 void redrawBorderedBoard(); 378 void drawBorderedBoard(float x1, float y1, float x2, float y2, float rx, float ry, 379 ALLEGRO_COLOR board_color, ALLEGRO_COLOR border_color, float thickness); 380 void setText(float x, float y, float text_size, const char *text); 381 382 383 float getX1(); 384 float getY1(); 385 float getX2(); 386 float getY2(); 387 float getWidth(); 388 float getHeight(); 389 float getMiddleX(); 390 float getMiddleY(); 391 float getThickness(); 392 float getRX(); 393 float getRY(); 394 float getTextX(); 395 float getTextY(); 396 float getTextSize(); 397 const char *getText(); 398 ALLEGRO_COLOR getBoardColor(); 399 ALLEGRO_COLOR getBorderColor(); 400 ALLEGRO_COLOR getPressedColor(); 401 ALLEGRO_COLOR getHoverColor(); 402 403 404 protected: 405 406 private: 407 float board_x1, board_y1, board_x2, board_y2, board_rx, board_ry; 408 float text_x, text_y, text_size; 409 float border_thickness; 410 ALLEGRO_COLOR board_color, border_color, pressed_color, hover_color; 411 ALLEGRO_FONT *font; 412 const char *text; 413 414 }; 415 416 #endif // BOARD_H 417 418 419 // CPP FILE Board.cpp 420 421 #include "Board.h" 422 #include <allegro5/allegro_primitives.h> 423 #include <iostream> 424 425 426 // constructor 427 Board::Board(){ 428 429 board_x1 = 0; 430 board_x2 = 0; 431 board_y1 = 0; 432 board_y2 = 0; 433 board_rx = 0; 434 board_ry = 0; 435 border_thickness = 0.0; 436 text_x = 0; 437 text_y = 0; 438 text_size = 10; 439 text = ""; 440 board_color = al_map_rgb(0, 0, 0); 441 border_color = al_map_rgb(0, 0, 0); 442 pressed_color = al_map_rgb(0, 0, 0); 443 hover_color = al_map_rgb(0, 0, 0); 444 } 445 446 // draws bordered board 447 void Board:: drawBorderedBoard(float x1, float y1, float x2, float y2, float rx, float ry, 448 ALLEGRO_COLOR board_color, ALLEGRO_COLOR border_color, float thickness){ 449 450 board_x1 = x1; 451 board_x2 = x2; 452 board_y1 = y1; 453 board_y2 = y2; 454 board_rx = rx; 455 board_ry = ry; 456 Board::board_color = board_color; 457 Board::border_color = border_color; 458 border_thickness = thickness; 459 460 al_draw_filled_rounded_rectangle(board_x1, board_y1, board_x2, board_y2, 461 board_rx, board_ry, Board::board_color); 462 463 al_draw_rounded_rectangle(board_x1, board_y1, board_x2, board_y2, 464 board_rx, board_ry, Board::border_color, border_thickness); 465 } 466 467 468 // destructor 469 Board::~Board(){ 470 al_destroy_font(Board::font); 471 } 472 473 474 // redraws bordered board 475 void Board::redrawBorderedBoard(){ 476 477 al_draw_filled_rounded_rectangle(board_x1, board_y1, board_x2, board_y2, 478 board_rx, board_ry, Board::board_color); 479 480 al_draw_rounded_rectangle(board_x1, board_y1, board_x2, board_y2, 481 board_rx, board_ry, Board::border_color, border_thickness); 482 } 483 484 485 // draws board 486 void Board::draw(float x1, float y1, float x2, float y2, float rx, float ry, ALLEGRO_COLOR board_color){ 487 488 board_x1 = x1; 489 board_x2 = x2; 490 board_y1 = y1; 491 board_y2 = y2; 492 board_rx = rx; 493 board_ry = ry; 494 Board::board_color = board_color; 495 496 al_draw_filled_rounded_rectangle(board_x1, board_y1, board_x2, board_y2, 497 board_rx, board_ry, Board::board_color); 498 } 499 500 501 // redraw 502 void Board::redraw(){ 503 504 al_draw_filled_rounded_rectangle(board_x1, board_y1, board_x2, board_y2, 505 board_rx, board_ry, Board::board_color); 506 } 507 508 509 // draws pressed button 510 void Board::onClick(ALLEGRO_COLOR pressed_color){ 511 Board::pressed_color = pressed_color; 512 513 al_draw_filled_rounded_rectangle(board_x1, board_y1, board_x2, board_y2, board_rx, board_ry, 514 Board::pressed_color); 515 516 al_draw_rounded_rectangle(board_x1, board_y1, board_x2, board_y2, board_rx, board_ry, 517 Board::border_color, border_thickness); 518 } 519 520 521 // on hover 522 void Board::onHover(ALLEGRO_COLOR hover_color){ 523 Board::hover_color = hover_color; 524 525 al_draw_filled_rounded_rectangle(board_x1, board_y1, board_x2, board_y2, board_rx, 526 board_ry, Board::hover_color); 527 528 al_draw_rounded_rectangle(board_x1, board_y1, board_x2, board_y2, 529 board_rx, board_ry, Board::border_color, border_thickness); 530 } 531 532 533 // setting text 534 void Board::setText(float x, float y, float text_size, const char* text){ 535 text_x = x; 536 text_y = y; 537 Board::text_size = text_size; 538 Board::text = text; 539 540 font = al_load_ttf_font("Ubuntu.ttf", Board::text_size, 0); 541 542 al_draw_text(Board::font, al_map_rgb(0, 0, 0), x, y - al_get_font_line_height(Board::font)/2, 543 ALLEGRO_ALIGN_CENTER, text); 544 } 545 546 547 // getter methods 548 float Board::getX1(){ 549 return Board::board_x1; 550 } 551 552 float Board::getY1(){ 553 return Board::board_y1; 554 } 555 556 float Board::getX2(){ 557 return Board::board_x2; 558 } 559 560 float Board::getY2(){ 561 return Board::board_y2; 562 } 563 564 float Board::getRX(){ 565 return board_rx; 566 } 567 568 float Board::getRY(){ 569 570 return board_ry; 571 } 572 float Board::getWidth(){ 573 return (board_x2 - board_x1); 574 } 575 576 float Board::getHeight(){ 577 return (board_y2 - board_y1); 578 } 579 580 float Board::getMiddleX(){ 581 return (board_x1 + (board_x2 - board_x1) / 2); 582 } 583 584 float Board::getMiddleY(){ 585 return (board_y1 + (board_y2 - board_y1) / 2); 586 } 587 588 float Board::getThickness(){ 589 return border_thickness; 590 } 591 592 float Board::getTextX(){ 593 return text_x; 594 } 595 596 float Board::getTextY(){ 597 return text_y; 598 } 599 600 float Board::getTextSize(){ 601 return Board::text_size; 602 } 603 604 const char *Board::getText(){ 605 return Board::text; 606 } 607 608 ALLEGRO_COLOR Board::getBoardColor(){ 609 return board_color; 610 } 611 612 ALLEGRO_COLOR Board::getBorderColor(){ 613 return Board::border_color; 614 } 615 616 ALLEGRO_COLOR Board::getPressedColor(){ 617 return Board::pressed_color; 618 } 619 620 ALLEGRO_COLOR Board::getHoverColor(){ 621 return Board::hover_color; 622 } 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 // CLASS Player.h 631 632 // This class is still in progress. I am giving the entire code that i've done 633 634 635 #ifndef PLAYER_H 636 #define PLAYER_H 637 #include <string> 638 639 using namespace std; 640 641 class Player 642 { 643 public: 644 Player(); 645 ~Player(); 646 void setName(const char *name); 647 const char *getName(); 648 void setScore(float score); 649 float getScore(); 650 void setTurn(bool turn); 651 bool getTurn(); 652 653 private: 654 const char *name; 655 float score; 656 bool turn; 657 }; 658 659 #endif // PLAYER_H 660 661 662 663 // CPP FILE Player.cpp 664 665 666 #include "Player.h" 667 #include <iostream> 668 669 using namespace std; 670 671 Player::Player(){ 672 673 name = "Player"; 674 score = 0.0; 675 turn = false; 676 } 677 678 Player::~Player(){ 679 Player::name = ""; 680 } 681 682 683 // 684 void Player::setName(const char *name){ 685 Player::name = name; 686 } 687 688 689 // 690 const char *Player::getName(){ 691 return Player::name; 692 } 693 694 695 // 696 void Player::setScore(float score){ 697 Player::score = score; 698 } 699 700 701 // 702 float Player::getScore(){ 703 return Player::score; 704 } 705 706 707 // 708 void Player::setTurn(bool turn){ 709 Player::turn = turn; 710 } 711 712 713 // 714 bool Player::getTurn(){ 715 return Player::turn; 716 }

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David Couzelis
Member #10,079
August 2008
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Waaaait a minute... I understand that your game is crashing after 10 seconds. But how do you know it's because of a memory leak?

jmasterx
Member #11,410
October 2009

You create the board font EVERY TIME you setText, but you only DESTROY the font once in the destructor... Allegro 5 has a serious memory leak here :o

Chris Katko
Member #1,881
January 2002
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I don't see anything outright obvious. Upload the whole thing. (Preferably with any other files needed to run, since you say it's crashing at run-time.)

Valgrind is amazingly useful and free, but it looks like you're stuck on Windows. If you can use a Linux machine or VM, go for Valgrind. It's a dynamic code checker. It runs your code in a fake CPU (like an emulator) while checking for an impressive amount of error conditions.

Otherwise, there are some Valgrind alternatives listed here:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/413477/is-there-a-good-valgrind-substitute-for-windows

There are also static code checkers. Static code checkers cannot find run-time errors that don't happen every time (two threads that only crash when one thread is slightly ahead or behind the other thread), but they can still help find the majority of errors. (Static analyzers also check ALL code, whereas dynamic ones only see the code path you actually run--so a function that is never called will never be checked by a dynamic checker.)

Cppcheck is a very prominent checker.

As for general rules of thumb:

- Check and recheck all pointers. Check where they're made, assigned, AND changed.
- Check and recheck ANY new and deletes.
- Triple check any of those that occur inside of a loop.

Check task manager for your program. (Hotkey: Windows Key + Escape) If the memory is leaking in a loop, it will keep grabbing memory over time and show up in task manager.

[edit] Damn, beaten! That's a good catch! I saw the font and didn't even think twice to check where it was in the codepath.

  font = al_load_ttf_font("Ubuntu.ttf", Board::text_size, 0);

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jmasterx
Member #11,410
October 2009

Also, in your player destructor:

the string "Player" is allocated in static storage and therefore never needs to be destroyed

setting the name = ""; mearly assigns yet another string from static storage and doesnt destroy anything.

the_AI
Member #16,314
May 2016

i know that it is memory leak problem cuz same thing happened once and thanks for answering... :) David couzelis

Thanks for pointing out the serious problem. i'll look forward for it and reply soon if it solves the problem.... :) jmasterx

Yes you are right, i am stuck with the windows and with my laptop too. Its too slow though and i cant run any VM efficiently, so my bad luck but i'll look for the Valgrind... :) Chris Katko

AND AGAIN, THANKS FOR HELPING ME GUYS..... :D

jmasterx
Member #11,410
October 2009

This will let you reply soon.

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