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The third and fourth of these forms have been made more consistent
with the others. The six possible forms are now:
0x80483BF:
0x80483BF:
0x80483BF:
0x80483BF:
0x80483BF:
0x80483BF:
really (a.c:20)
really (in /foo/a.out)
really (in ???)
??? (in /foo/a.out)
??? (a.c:20)
???
Stack traces produced when --xml=yes is specified are different
and unchanged.
* Helgrind and Ptrcheck now support XML output, so they can be used
from GUI tools. Also, the XML output mechanism has been
overhauled.
- The XML format has been overhauled and generalised, so it is more
suitable for error reporting tools in general. The Memcheck
specific aspects of it have been removed. The new format, which
is an evolution of the old format, is described in
docs/internals/xml-output-protocol4.txt.
- Memcheck has been updated to use the new format.
- Helgrind and Ptrcheck are now able to emit output in this format.
- The XML output mechanism has been overhauled. XML is now output
to its own file descriptor, which means that:
* Valgrind can output text and XML independently.
* The longstanding problem of XML output being corrupted by
unexpected un-tagged text messages is solved.
As before, the destination for text output is specified using
--log-file=, --log-fd= or --log-socket=.
As before, XML output for a tool is enabled using --xml=yes.
Because there’s a new XML output channel, the XML output
destination is now specified by --xml-file=, --xml-fd= or
--xml-socket=.
Initial feedback has shown this causes some confusion. To
clarify, the two envisaged usage scenarios are:
(1) Normal text output. In this case, do not specify --xml=yes
nor any of --xml-file=, --xml-fd= or --xml-socket=.
(2) XML output. In this case, specify --xml=yes, and one of
--xml-file=, --xml-fd= or --xml-socket= to select the XML
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