[geos-devel] GEOS, Shapely, DLLs, and memory

[Mateusz Loskot]

Charlie Savage wrote:
> 
> 
>>> Well, there is another way (not necessarily "better"), which is to
>>> compile the GEOS dll yourself using the same runtime that you use in
>>> your main application. That is what I have been doing this whole time to
>>> avoid this issue.
>>
>> It will not help.
> 
> Actually Ragi is correct, that does work.

Charlie, Ragi,

I take it beck. Yes, you are right.
Replying in rush, I've missed the fact Ragi is talking
about "the same runtime" what I read as "the same compiler"
and corrected as same compiler != same runtime.

>> You must not cross modules boundaries, it's well known issue on Windows
>> platform.
> 
> If an executable and its dlls link against the exact same runtime
> library, you can cross module boundaries because all the memory and file
> handles are managed by the same instance of the runtime library (so in
> effect you aren't crossing runtime library boundaries).

Yes, same runtime, yes.

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net
Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org