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SIGSOFT
2005
ACM
16 years 6 months ago
2005
ACM
We present a context- and path-sensitive algorithm for detecting memory leaks in programs with explicit memory management. Our leak detection algorithm is based on an underlying e...
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ICSE
2008
IEEE-ACM
16 years 6 months ago
2008
IEEE-ACM
A memory leak in a Java program occurs when object references that are no longer needed are unnecessarily maintained. Such leaks are difficult to understand because static analyse...