On 11 Dec 2005, at 22:00, L505 wrote:
Where is the "reference count" actually stored anyway, and who as
access to the
reference count - just the dll/exe who created the string, or is it
accessible by
both of them? I do need to learn more about reference count science.
The reference count is part of the ansistring itself. An ansistring
is simply a pointer to a record containing a reference count, the
amount of memory currently allocated for the string (i.e., maximum
length -1) and the string itself (a 0-terminated string).
So when passing a string from a dll to somewhere else, its reference
count is passed along with it.
Jonas
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