Graphics memory leak

[MthDc]

I detected a memory leak in my application using SFML 2 and went to investigate using the _CrtDumpMemoryLeaks() method in Visual Studio 2010. All of my allocated pointers are properly being deleted(I triple checked this), but the tool reported a leak in sfml-graphics.dll (more precisely when rendering a sprite using the method window.draw(image), where image is an instance of sf::Sprite.

Surely, if this really is an issue of SFML, I can not continue to use this library for serious projects.

[G.]

People will probably want a complete and minimal example where the supposed leak can be observed. :p

[Roose Bolton of the Dreadfort]

So you generally think that after the thousands of people who used SFML and hundreds of indie games, you have noticed a memory leak no1 else has, and that it might be SFML and not you.

No, SFML doesn't have a memory leak

Your first problem is using CRT as that can cause false positives, use a proper memory detection program like IBM Rational Purify or VLD http://vld.codeplex.com/

[MthDc]

Thank you for the links to the other tools. I will check them out and reply soon with my findings.

EDIT: Turned out it was indeed a false positive. Excuse my false accusations.

[Nexus]

There have been many non-justified reports of memory leaks in the past. You can search the forum to know more about them.