How to find the cause of a malloc “double free” error?

Question

I\'m programming an application in Objective-C and I\'m getting this error:

MyApp(2121,0xb0185000) malloc: *** error for object 0x1068310: double

Answer 1

Open up the debugger console by pressing Cmd+Shift+R. There, type

break malloc_error_break

to set a breakpoint at the beginning of the malloc_error_break function.

If you want to find out what object is located at address 0x1068310, you can type the following into the debugger console:

print-object 0x1068310

Of course, you have to do this while the object is still alive -- if the object has already been freed by the time you do this, then this will not work.