memory-leak-example

Memory leaks can prove fatal for any application if they exist within a program. This repository's goal is to show how a memory leak occurs, and how to see a memory leak happening. It is meant to be simple.

You can try it out for yourself. Simply clone the repo, and compile any file.

I'm using g++ personally for the compilation of these code snippets.

Checking for memory leaks

• Linux Use valgrind to run the program and check for memory leaks.

• MacOS use MacOS's leaks to run the program and check for memory leaks.

leaks -atExit -- ./simple_memory_leak
leaks -atExit -- ./simple_memory_leak_fix