AW: DLL function with string result?

[Christian Lescher]

> Yes, there is a general problem when you want to allocate in one DLL made
> by one compiler and de-allocate in another built be another compiler.  In
> this case, the heaps are different.  This is not a Cygwin-specific issue.

I see. Would it be possible then to define a second function within the DLL, let's say freeStr(const char* resStr) which releases the memory
again?

And should Troy Noble's code then work for strings > 64 KB, too? (Currently, I get an access violation, even when not freeing the allocated
memory outside the DLL.)

char*
mallocAndStrCpy (const char* srcStr) {
   if (srcStr == NULL)
      return NULL;
   return strdup(srcStr);
}



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