Is there any reason for a program to leak when compiled in Debug mode and not in release?
(Debug means debug informations, and compiler optimization disabled, Release means no debug info / full optimization)
That's what it seems to do but I can't figure out why. Btw purify is not being helpful here
A lot of pointer type errors, including memory leaks, can seem to appear or disappear when switching between debug and release mode. A couple of reasons might be: