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Re:Sorry state of dynamic libraries on Linux by klodolph on Thursday September 20, 2012 @12:12AM (#4546910)
> This is a good thing. Object handles belong to the module that created them, and it is a good way to ensure a clean way to use accessor functions to deal with data.

No, it doesn't prevent anything. There is nothing stopping you from calling free() on a buffer returned from a function in a DLL, it just might crash. There is nothing inherently superior about adding an additional source of crashes which are not diagnosed by the compiler.

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