[SDL] ot - memory leaks

[neil at cloudsprinter.com]

>> > the only thing letting it down now is memory leaks, ive been poking
>> > around a bit
>> > on google, but all articles i can find on the subject are a bit vauge..
>> > if
>> > someone can point me to a good resource about what will cause a memory
>> > leak and
>> > what needs doing where and when to prevent them i would appreciate it.
>>
>>
>> Run valgrind on your application ( http://valgrind.org/).
>> However, I always (even on almost empty application) have some SDL-related
>> valgrind errors.
>> Like the one when setting video mode.
>>
>
>
> what about Windows programmers ?
>

i compiled my code on linux and ran it through valgrind to discover 
just how bas
it was, i did notice some things that looked like it was sdl, so that 
helps if i
know sdl may be doing some of the leaks, but all that stuff valgrind 
pumps into
the cose.. i still dont know exactly what i need to do to sort it or how ;)
i tried the odd free(); here and there, but i jst got error messages.

as for windows ( i cuurently use windows while i dont bother sorting 
linux out (
new monitor arrives soon all will be sweet )) i did poke around for a valgrind
like thing breifly but all i saw were some commercial shoddyness that probably
didnt really do what you wanted.


would there be some kinda valgrind windows cygwin combination or is that just
too wierd and crazy?