package main

import (
    "net/http"
    _ "net/http/pprof"
)

var sink []byte

func main() {
    for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
        sink = make([]byte, 1<<20)
    }
    panic(http.ListenAndServe("127.0.0.1:8080", nil))
}

#!/usr/bin/env bash

go version

go build -o ./server ./main.go
./server &
server="$!"
sleep 1

for tool in "go tool pprof" "pprof"; do
    for record_style in "" "-inuse_space" "-alloc_space"; do
        $tool $record_style -proto -symbolize=remote -output ./heap.pb.gz http://127.0.0.1:8080/debug/pprof/heap &>/dev/null
        for view_style in "-inuse_space" "-alloc_space"; do
            $tool $view_style -top ./heap.pb.gz &>/dev/null || printf "failed tool=%q record=%q view=%q\n" "$tool" "$record_style" "$view_style"
        done
        rm ./heap.pb.gz
    done
done

kill -KILL -- "$server"
rm ./server

$ ./test.sh 
go version devel +8f3c8a3 Fri Aug 26 20:06:58 2016 +0000 darwin/amd64
failed tool=go\ tool\ pprof record='' view=-alloc_space
failed tool=go\ tool\ pprof record=-inuse_space view=-alloc_space
failed tool=go\ tool\ pprof record=-alloc_space view=-inuse_space
$ PATH="$HOME/go1.7/bin:$PATH" ./test.sh 
go version go1.7 darwin/amd64
failed tool=go\ tool\ pprof record='' view=-alloc_space
failed tool=go\ tool\ pprof record=-inuse_space view=-alloc_space
failed tool=go\ tool\ pprof record=-alloc_space view=-inuse_space