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P/Invoke FreeLibrary()

dh
After using Win32 FreeLibrary() to unload a DLL in a C# app, will the DLL be
immediately removed from memory, or it go through the same mechanism of GC
of .NET like other objects in C# code?
Aug 3 '08 #1
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dh wrote:
After using Win32 FreeLibrary() to unload a DLL in a C# app, will the DLL be
immediately removed from memory, or it go through the same mechanism of GC
of .NET like other objects in C# code?
Neither. FreeLibrary() will decrease the reference count. If it reaches
zero, the library will be unloaded. This is just the same as for unmanaged code.

A DLL is not a managed object, so garbage collection has nothing to do with it.

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J.
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