is it safe for a .DLL to return a reference (to a vector<>) to the
main application if the main application uses it to access data from
the DLL immediately?
Todd.

"todma" <toddmarshall2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Yes.

However, if the main application attempts to modify the vector in a way that
causes reallocation, it is only safe if both the app and DLL use the same
DLL runtime library. If they use different libraries then modifications
will fail.

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Scott McPhillips [VC++ MVP]