PF>I have not ventured far into C++,  but I do know this is a no-no in
 PF>plain C (malloc'ing in a DLL and free'ing in another place),
 PF>*unless* both pieces are using the same runtime (which,  therefore,
 PF>must be in a dll).

Or the DLL also provides a "free" function for things it allocates.

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