[vJASS] (How do you) Pinpoint DoubleFrees

[Titanhex]

I've got a DoubleFree error on my TimerUtils.

It seems to happen after a unit casts a spell and is removed from the map.

Unfortunately the only error message is "Warning: ReleaseTimer: Double free!"

Is there a way to detect what is causing this so that my timers don't slowly overflow and stop working after X hours into the game?

 

[mckill2009]

Every time you declare NewTimer, you should use...
function ReleaseTimer takes timer t returns nothing
after all your spell is finished...

you may also want to adjust your settings...
private constant integer QUANTITY = 256
this is how many timers are created...

 

[watermelon_1234]

A double free shouldn't make your timers stop working. The error just means that you're releasing a timer twice, making it a useless function call.

// Example 
local timer tim = NewTimer()
call ReleaseTimer(tim)
call ReleaseTimer(tim)

Generally, a double free won't look like this. You've probably released the timer in two different places of the code.