Error level: Minimal; Module Instrumentation Dialog Box (Error Detection)

Select whether you want to use minimal error-checking instrumentation for the modules selected in the Modules list. With minimal instrumentation, Purify uses Object Code Insertion (OCI) technology during instrumentation to insert checking instructions into the program. Minimal instrumentation provides quick instrumentation for modules whose errors are of less interest to you; it does not detect the following errors and warnings within those modules:

§          Exception messages (EX*).

§          Memory errors on the stack.

§          Heap messages (UMR, AB*, FM*, IP*, NP*, BS*), unless they were called through an API function. However, Purify can detect heap write errors at a later point. When this occurs, Purify displays Late Detect Array Bounds Write (ABWL) and Late Detect Free Memory Write (FMWL) messages in the Error View.

Notes:

§      Purify requires relocation data for precise instrumentation. If relocation data isn't available, Purify uses minimal instrumentation.

§      When you select minimal instrumentation for a module, Purify automatically sets the coverage instrumentation level for the module to Exclude.

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