Hi all
In C++/CLI, is there a way to free an array allocated from an
unmanaged dll ? In my managed code, I call a function from that dll
which returns me an array of bytes. But how can I free it ?
Thanks 8 1764
>In C++/CLI, is there a way to free an array allocated from an
>unmanaged dll ?
Only if you know (and have the exact same access to) the memory
manager that allocated it.
>In my managed code, I call a function from that dll which returns me an array of bytes. But how can I free it ?
More details and a short example are probably needed before a
definitive answer can be given.
Dave
On 9 jan, 13:26, David Lowndes <Dav...@example .invalidwrote:
More details and a short example are probably needed before a
definitive answer can be given.
in my unmnaged dll :
int *function()
{
int *a = new int[16];
// fill array, etc...
return a;
}
in my managed dll (C++/CLI):
tab = function();
// misc. operations with tab...
delete[] tab; // error
so, in my managed dll, once I finish to play with tab, I have to free
it, but my complier don't like my delete[]
LeXave wrote:
On 9 jan, 13:26, David Lowndes <Dav...@example .invalidwrote:
>More details and a short example are probably needed before a definitive answer can be given.
in my unmnaged dll :
int *function()
{
int *a = new int[16];
// fill array, etc...
return a;
}
in my managed dll (C++/CLI):
tab = function();
// misc. operations with tab...
delete[] tab; // error
so, in my managed dll, once I finish to play with tab, I have to free
it, but my complier don't like my delete[]
LeXave:
Are you sure that both DLL's are using the same version of the CRT?
But, personally, I do not like this mixed new/delete across DLL
boundaries. What happens if you export another function from your
unmanaged DLL:
void free_function(i nt* a)
{
delete [] a;
}
and call it from your managed DLL?
--
David Wilkinson
Visual C++ MVP
On 9 jan, 15:07, David Wilkinson <no-re...@effisols. comwrote:
Dave,
What happens if you export another function from your
unmanaged DLL:
It would certainly be the best solution, but the problem is that I
don't own the source of that dll, so I can't modify it :(
Both dll use the same version of the CRT (compiled both with VS 2005)
>Both dll use the same version of the CRT (compiled both with VS 2005)
You can't mix debug & release components (they have different heaps),
and they both have to be built to use the DLL CRT option.
Dave
>
It would certainly be the best solution, but the problem is that I
don't own the source of that dll, so I can't modify it :(
Then a better solution would be to create your own C++/CLI wrapper around the DLL to put a managed front face to it. For example,
you could copy the int[] array to a managed array, then delete[] the unmanaged array before returned the managed array.
"Brian Muth" <bm***@mvps.org wrote in message
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It would certainly be the best solution, but the problem is that I don't own the source of that dll, so I can't modify it :(
Then a better solution would be to create your own C++/CLI wrapper around
the DLL to put a managed front face to it. For example, you could copy the
int[] array to a managed array, then delete[] the unmanaged array before
returned the managed array.
As I understand the original post, that's exactly what's not working.
Perhaps the original DLL has statically linked the CRT and returned pointers
allocated by that static CRT, in which case there is no way to safely free
the memory.
>
As I understand the original post, that's exactly what's not working.
Perhaps the original DLL has statically linked the CRT and returned pointers
allocated by that static CRT, in which case there is no way to safely free
the memory.
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