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| <div><p class="releaseinfo">Release 3.12.0 20 October 2016</p></div> |
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| <dt><span class="chapter"><a href="design-impl.html">1. The Design and Implementation of Valgrind</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="chapter"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html">2. Writing a New Valgrind Tool</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.intro">2.1. Introduction</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.writingatool">2.2. Basics</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.howtoolswork">2.2.1. How tools work</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.gettingcode">2.2.2. Getting the code</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.gettingstarted">2.2.3. Getting started</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.writingcode">2.2.4. Writing the code</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.init">2.2.5. Initialisation</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.instr">2.2.6. Instrumentation</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.fini">2.2.7. Finalisation</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.otherinfo">2.2.8. Other Important Information</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.advtopics">2.3. Advanced Topics</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.advice">2.3.1. Debugging Tips</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.suppressions">2.3.2. Suppressions</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.docs">2.3.3. Documentation</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.regtests">2.3.4. Regression Tests</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.profiling">2.3.5. Profiling</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.mkhackery">2.3.6. Other Makefile Hackery</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.ifacever">2.3.7. The Core/tool Interface</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.finalwords">2.4. Final Words</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="chapter"><a href="cl-format.html">3. Callgrind Format Specification</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="cl-format.html#cl-format.overview">3.1. Overview</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="cl-format.html#cl-format.overview.basics">3.1.1. Basic Structure</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="cl-format.html#cl-format.overview.example1">3.1.2. Simple Example</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="cl-format.html#cl-format.overview.associations">3.1.3. Associations</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="cl-format.html#cl-format.overview.example2">3.1.4. Extended Example</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="cl-format.html#cl-format.overview.compression1">3.1.5. Name Compression</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="cl-format.html#cl-format.overview.compression2">3.1.6. Subposition Compression</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="cl-format.html#cl-format.overview.misc">3.1.7. Miscellaneous</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="cl-format.html#cl-format.reference">3.2. Reference</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="cl-format.html#cl-format.reference.grammar">3.2.1. Grammar</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="cl-format.html#cl-format.reference.header">3.2.2. Description of Header Lines</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="cl-format.html#cl-format.reference.body">3.2.3. Description of Body Lines</a></span></dt> |
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