Re: Passing pointer between DLL boundary question

From:

"David Ching" <dc@remove-this.dcsoft.com>

Newsgroups:

comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32,microsoft.public.vc.mfc

Date:

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 16:03:10 -0700

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<indrawati.yahya@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1153224364.650528.89470@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

1. In dll implementation code:

static const char someString[] = "a string";

void GetString(const char** ps)
{
if(ps)
*ps = &(someString[0]);
}

And in application code:

const char* aString;
GetString(&aString);
cout << aString;

Sure, this is fine since nothing is deleting the constant string (and
nothing should).

2. Another example: in dll implementation code:

static void* data = 0;
static int dataSize = 0;

///... functions that manipulate data

int GetData(void* buff, int buffSize)
{
   if(buff && buffSize >= dataSize)
   {
       memcpy(buff, data, dataSize);
       return dataSize;
   }
   return 0;
}
(buff is a buffer allocated and freed in the application).

This also is fine. The application both allocates and deletes the memory.
This is the cleanest (most symmetrical) and my preferred way of doing
things.

-- David

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