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| author | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2003-08-18 08:41:24 +0000 |
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| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2003-08-18 08:41:24 +0000 |
| commit | a1b65709f580515c8672567698bd83594ba9d2aa (patch) | |
| tree | 05ade5cb5f9e0437a87b564d84765ad3677ef13a /pod/perlhack.pod | |
| parent | 2c91f887f15419ab4d5271c3d098f5e3c98ff314 (diff) | |
| download | perl-a1b65709f580515c8672567698bd83594ba9d2aa.tar.gz | |
Warn about the slowness of memory debuggers.
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diff --git a/pod/perlhack.pod b/pod/perlhack.pod index c1b0c4ad5e..f91334c57e 100644 --- a/pod/perlhack.pod +++ b/pod/perlhack.pod @@ -1904,6 +1904,10 @@ some common testing and debugging tools with Perl. This is meant as a guide to interfacing these tools with Perl, not as any kind of guide to the use of the tools themselves. +Note that running under memory debuggers such as Purify, valgrind, +or Third Degree greatly slows down the execution: seconds become minutes, +minutes become hours. + =head2 Rational Software's Purify Purify is a commercial tool that is helpful in identifying |