[Boost-users] Re: Using shared_ptr across shared library boundary

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-03-11 15:22:10

"Edward Diener" <eddielee_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Is there any problem with using shared_ptr and passing an instance of it to
> a function in another shared library, such as a DLL under Windows ? 

Works beautifully, even if the two DLLs are using different heaps.

> Does the reference count get updated correctly when the copy is
> passed to a DLL function, so that when the last shared_ptr in either
> the original module or the DLL goers out of scope, the actual
> pointer is correctly deleted ?

Yep.

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Dave Abrahams
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