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diff --git a/docs/INTERNALS b/docs/INTERNALS index e1b5da5fb..ced5df51f 100644 --- a/docs/INTERNALS +++ b/docs/INTERNALS @@ -437,12 +437,23 @@ Memory Debugging after a complete session, memanalyze.pl is the perl script present only present in CVS (not part of the - release archives) that analyzes a log file generated by the memdebug + release archives) that analyzes a log file generated by the memory tracking system. It detects if resources are allocated but never freed and other kinds of errors related to resource management. - Use -DMALLOCDEBUG when compiling to enable memory debugging, this is also - switched on by running configure with --enable-debug. + Internally, definition of preprocessor symbol DEBUGBUILD restricts code which + is only compiled for debug enabled builds. And symbol CURLDEBUG is used to + differentiate code which is _only_ used for memory tracking/debugging. + + Use -DCURLDEBUG when compiling to enable memory debugging, this is also + switched on by running configure with --enable-curldebug. Use -DDEBUGBUILD + when compiling to enable a debug build or run configure with --enable-debug. + + curl --version will list 'Debug' feature for debug enabled builds, and + will list 'TrackMemory' feature for curl debug memory tracking capable + builds. These features are independent and can be controlled when running + the configure script. When --enable-debug is given both features will be + enabled, unless some restriction prevents memory tracking from being used. Test Suite ========== |