memory leak debug

Question

What are some techniques in detecting/debugging memory leak if you don\'t have trace tools?

Answer 1

Divide and conquer is the best approach. If you have written you code in a systematic way, it should be pretty easy to call subsets of you code. Your best bet is to execute each section of code over and over and see if your memory usage steadily climbs, if not move on to the next section of code.

Also, the wikipedia article on memory leaks has several great links in the references section on detecting memory leaks for different systems (window, macos, linux, etc)