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Re:Sorry state of dynamic libraries on Linux by shin_lao on Monday September 17, 2012 @09:01AM (#4532322)
The first problem is actually not a problem but one of the reasons DLLs are better: private by default reduce linking problems.

The second problem has got nothing to do with DLLs and everything to do with the fact that there is no C++ ABI.

As for memory allocation, it's not really a good idea to allocate memory in a library and free it in another, is it?

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Re:Sorry state of dynamic libraries on Linux by npsimons on Monday September 17, 2012 @11:01AM (#4532854)
As for memory allocation, it's not really a good idea to allocate memory in a library and free it in another, is it?

Ah, I guess I'll have to stop using strdup() then.

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Re:Sorry state of dynamic libraries on Linux by shin_lao on Monday September 17, 2012 @11:10AM (#4532895)
strdup(), part of the libc, allocates memory with a function from the libc (malloc), therefore you are allocating and freeing memory with functions within the same library.

However, yes, for security reasons strdup should be avoided.

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