C++ to Delphi conversion

From: Oliver Young (none)
Date: 12/23/03 

Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 10:40:31 +0100

> If the (C++) DLL allocated the memory
> with 'new', then you *must* pass the (variable, char*) memory back
> to the DLL so that it can call 'delete'. Delphi has no
> 'delete' operator so it will not be able to free the
> memory correctly.

Is this truth? Delphi can't free char* (PCHAR) output pointer from function?

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