[SDL] SDL memory leak?

[Koshmaar]

> Hi, I 'm relatively new with SDL, working with it for a few weeks. I am 
> creating some kind of game and using SDL for video rendering. However 
> while debugging my application I've noticed that my memory usage was 
> constantly increasing in a steady pace of about 20K/sec. The following 
> test performed while having a scene of 19 objects without any animation 
> at all. Just a while (1) loop that keeps checking & rendering dirty 
> (invalidated) rectangles (none in this case, no animation).
> 
> First I thought I had a memory leak but after some extensive debugging 
> I've come to believe that I don't and realized, surprisingly, that the 
> memory was increasing when entering one of the following function 
> SDL_BlitSurface() and SDL_UpdateRect(), (couldn't determine which 
> exactly). My developing platform is WinXP and I've noticed that mem leak 
> in the debug version of my application (haven't tried release version yet).
> 
> I'd like to ask if this is a known issue or having heard anything 
> similar before.
> 
> Thank you,
> Themis


Most likely (99,999%) there's a memory leak in your own code, so post it 
here so that we can tell you where it is.



Koshmaar