Question

My question is closely related to how a DLL exports C++ classes and generic methods (wrt C++ language features without a C# parallel).

I believe you can call functions inside an extern "C" block from C# by just referencing the DLL and using DLLImport. But can you instantiate a templated C++ type? What if the C++ type does somethin’ crazy that’s not supported in C#? Is there an RFC or relevant part of the C# specification?

Thanks…

EDIT: I now stumbled across P/Invoke which should be valuable, but I’m still looking for a specification or standard regarding this.

Answer 1

The sane way to do it is to use managed c++ to access unmanaged c++ and compile into an assembly.