[Mono-list] Can I call CoTaskMemAlloc on Linux?

[Vincent Finn]

Robert Jordan wrote:
> Vincent Finn wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am sure this is a stupid question but I wanted to check before going 
>> down the wrong route.
>>
>> On windows I am passing IntPtrs from C# to C++ and them using 
>> SysAllocString on "UnmanagedType.LPWStr" and CoTaskMemAlloc on structs 
>> when I want to return memory.
>>
>> In Visual Studio I need to include "oleauto.h" to get those functions, 
>> and I then need to include "windows.h" to get various #defines used in 
>> "oleauto.h".
>>
>> "windows.h" won't be on a Linux machine so can someone confirm for me 
>> that CoTaskMemAlloc is portable and not MS?
>>
>> If it isn't what is the alternative?
> 
> Instead of p/invoking you should use the following methods
> that do the right thing regardless of the platform:
> 
> System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.AllocCoTaskMem
> 
> and
> 
> System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem
> 
> Robert

This is the C++ side of things I am talking about, I can't call them 
from my C++ code.

	Vin