Is there an acceptable limit for memory leaks?

Question

I\'ve just started experimenting with SDL in C++, and I thought checking for memory leaks regularly may be a good habit to form early on.

With this in mind, I\'ve been

Answer 1

As per Rob Wells' comments on Purify, download and try out some of the other tools out there. I use BoundsChecker and AQTime, and have seen different false positives in both over the years. Note that the memory leak might also be in a third party component, which you may want to exclude from your analysis. From example, MFC had a number of memory leaks in the first view versions.

IMO, memory leaks should be tracked down for any code that is going into a code base that may have a long life. If you can't track them down, at least make a note that they exist for the next user of the same code.