Syslog frees memory??

[Joel Dice]

On Fri, 23 May 2008, Michael Wieher wrote:

> Ok, so I've been struggling with a strange issue and a broken destructor.
>
> btw, anyone know a single-word for the idea "situations so complex
> they cannot be reproduced"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisenbug

> Here is situation:
> ---------------------------
> class {
>   datax ** y;
>   data * b;
>   int numbofY;
> }
>
> destructor:
>   free all in y (via for-loop & numbofY)
>
> causes seg-fault unless i syslog something in there
>
> however
>
> destructor:
>   free all in y(same)
>   freee b
>
> works OK
>
> any idea why syslog makes this failure to free(b) acceptable during
> execution/exit of program?

Valgrind might tell you.  With memory bugs, the link between cause and 
effect is often difficult or impossible to determine without the right 
tools.