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diff --git a/test/README.md b/test/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4c0b485 --- /dev/null +++ b/test/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +NOTE: shell scripts driven by flatcc/test/test.sh have been ported to CMake. +use flatcc/scripts/test.sh to drive CMake tests. + +Run `leakcheck.sh` and `leakcheck-full.sh` for memory checks. + +To install valgrind on OS-X Yosemite use `brew install --HEAD valgrind` + +For decoding valgrind error messages: +<http://derickrethans.nl/valgrind-null.html> + +clang has built-in memory check, but only for `x86_64 Linux`: +<http://clang.llvm.org/docs/LeakSanitizer.html> + +On OS-X Yosemite with valgrind that isn't officially supported for that +platform, a few spurious unitialized memory access errors are reported +when printing the filextension in `codegen_c.c`. and in the equivalent +builder. After inspection, nothing suggests this is an actual bug - more +likely it relates to a strnlen optimization in fprintf `"%.*s"` syntax +that valgrind doesn't catch. |