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Hunting Leaks
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Different tools and techniques are used to hunt leaks:
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* - Tools
- Description
* - :ref:`Bloatview`
- BloatView is a tool that shows information about cumulative memory usage and leaks.
* - :ref:`Refcount Tracing and Balancing`
- Refcount tracing and balancing are advanced techniques for tracking down leak of refcounted objects found with BloatView.
* - `GC and CC logs </performance/memory/gc_and_cc_logs.html>`_
- Garbage collector (GC) and cycle collector (CC) logs give information about why various JS and C++ objects are alive in the heap.
* - :ref:`DMD Heap Scan Mode`
- Heap profiler within Firefox