Introduction to Code Sanitizers

Explore the world of code sanitizers in this 46-minute conference talk from code::dive 2023. Discover how these powerful tools can help detect and diagnose elusive bugs like memory corruptions, race conditions, and undefined behavior that traditional debugging methods often miss. Learn about various sanitizing tools available on major platforms, including debug C++ standard library implementations, Valgrind, AddressSanitizer, ThreadSanitizer, and UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer. Gain insights from French C++ expert Mathieu Ropert, who shares his expertise in performance optimization and multithreading for historical video game development. Understand how code sanitizers instrument programs to reveal hidden issues and provide clear, visible symptoms for easier bug tracking and analysis.