If I remember correctly, not all of there problems from Purifying the
backend were memory leaks....there were array bounds errors ( should be
easy to track down) and uninitialized memory being read...stuff like
that...should be interesting...
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Igor Natanzon |**| E-mail: igor@sba.miami.edu
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On Tue, 3 Jun 1997, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 2 Jun 1997, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > > >
> > > > No it wasn't me...Somebody mailed the questions list a while ago (half a
> > > > year maybe...my memory is not that good...) about purifying the
> > > > code...Then I think somebody else mailed hackers list a week or two ago...
> > >
> > > I know Kurt started on it, but I never heard if he finished.
> >
> > Damn, now you have me curious...hold, back through my logs...found it:
> >
> > ===========================
> > > Robert Withrow wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I think these need to be fixed before the release of 6.1. Otherwise
> > > > this release is basicly a non-starter for any serious use, IMO. I say
> > > > this because purify detects loads of *serious* problems in the backend
> > > > while running the regression tests.
> > > >
> > ===========================
> >
> > I knew it wasn't Igor :) That was from around the 30th of May...
>
> I guess this answers my curiosity of what Igor is going to find running
> Purify on the backend.
>
> When I originally thought about a postponement for the Purify run, I
> thought it could all be done in a week. I did not expect so many bugs
> being found.
>
>
> --
> Bruce Momjian
> maillist@candle.pha.pa.us
>
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