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| <title>Nulgrind: the "null" tool</title> |
| <subtitle>A tool that does not very much at all</subtitle> |
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| <para>Nulgrind is the minimal tool for Valgrind. It does no |
| initialisation or finalisation, and adds no instrumentation to |
| the program's code. It is mainly of use for Valgrind's |
| developers for debugging and regression testing.</para> |
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| <para>Nonetheless you can run programs with Nulgrind. They will run |
| roughly 5 times more slowly than normal, for no useful effect. Note |
| that you need to use the option <option>--tool=none</option> to run |
| Nulgrind (ie. not <option>--tool=nulgrind</option>).</para> |
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