behavior of c++ dlls called from c#

[dudeomanodude]

Hi all,

I'm wondering if you call something from a dll ( written in c++ ) from a c# class, does it matter if the c++ has pointers in it?

What I'm unclear on is if C# uses "unsafe" for pointers, how does a C++ class ( with pointers ) play into that?

Thanks in advance,

dudeomanodude

[Elysia]

It's safe. C# doesn't like you using pointers to in its own code.
C++, however, is not C# and is native, so it's fine.

[dudeomanodude]

It's safe. C# doesn't like you using pointers to in its own code.
C++, however, is not C# and is native, so it's fine.

Thaks Elysia, so does that mean their isn't any "trust" issues with programs of this nature?....

[Elysia]

Not specifically, I don't think. The problem might be that the native code won't behave like managed code.
No exceptions if something goes wrong and all that.
And managed and native types don't mix too well.
But other than that, it should be fine. dotNet was built for interop in mind.