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| <a name="tools-refdb"></a>Debugging reference count problems</h2></div></div></div> |
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| The reference counting scheme used by GObject does solve quite |
| a few memory management problems but also introduces new sources of bugs. |
| In large applications, finding the exact spot where the reference count |
| of an Object is not properly handled can be very difficult. |
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| A useful tool in debugging reference counting problems is to |
| set breakpoints in gdb on g_object_ref() and g_object_unref(). |
| Once you know the address of the object you are interested in, |
| you can make the breakpoints conditional: |
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| break g_object_ref if _object == 0xcafebabe |
| break g_object_unref if _object == 0xcafebabe |
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