Thread overview
Allocating memory from library
Mar 08, 2014
Temtaime
Mar 08, 2014
Sean Kelly
Mar 08, 2014
Temtaime
March 08, 2014
Hi !
I just wondered if this code is valid:

void main() {
auto p = my_allocate();

// ...

my_free(p);
}

extern(System):

void *my_allocate();
void my_free(void *);

Where my_allocate and my_free are in the external dll. Main question is: is this code transparent to GC? Will not it try to collect memory which is pointed by p after my_free?

Thanks!
March 08, 2014
The GC will only scan through and try to ECG memory that it owns. So that's safe.
March 08, 2014
Thanks !