digitalmars.D - DLLs and GC
- bobef (5/5) Jun 04 2005 I've wondered, when I have DLL I initalize new GC in it, isn't? So if I ...
- Jarrett Billingsley (5/14) Jun 04 2005 Look in the D spec in the DLL section. It explains all about this probl...
- bobef (2/16) Jun 04 2005
I've wondered, when I have DLL I initalize new GC in it, isn't? So if I exchange variables between DLL and EXE or another DLL or whatever, isn't it possible my data to be considered "unused" in the one garbage collector and get freed and the when I try ot access it in the other module I get an unwanted results? Not that I had such experience but it crossed my mind...
Jun 04 2005
"bobef" <bobef_member pathlink.com> wrote in message news:d7s3or$2j35$1 digitaldaemon.com...I've wondered, when I have DLL I initalize new GC in it, isn't? So if I exchange variables between DLL and EXE or another DLL or whatever, isn't it possible my data to be considered "unused" in the one garbage collector and get freed and the when I try ot access it in the other module I get an unwanted results? Not that I had such experience but it crossed my mind...Look in the D spec in the DLL section. It explains all about this problem, and how to deal with it (namely, using one GC instance for the main thread and all loaded DLLs). :)
Jun 04 2005
bobef <bobef_member pathlink.com> Yes it is all there. I must have missed it... Thank you. In article <d7sfc9$2s51$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Jarrett Billingsley says..."bobef" <bobef_member pathlink.com> wrote in message news:d7s3or$2j35$1 digitaldaemon.com...I've wondered, when I have DLL I initalize new GC in it, isn't? So if I exchange variables between DLL and EXE or another DLL or whatever, isn't it possible my data to be considered "unused" in the one garbage collector and get freed and the when I try ot access it in the other module I get an unwanted results? Not that I had such experience but it crossed my mind...Look in the D spec in the DLL section. It explains all about this problem, and how to deal with it (namely, using one GC instance for the main thread and all loaded DLLs). :)
Jun 04 2005