P/Invoke FreeLibrary()

[dh]

After using Win32 FreeLibrary() to unload a DLL in a C# app, will the DLL be
immediately removed from memory, or it go through the same mechanism of GC
of .NET like other objects in C# code?

 

[Jeroen Mostert]

After using Win32 FreeLibrary() to unload a DLL in a C# app, will the DLL be
immediately removed from memory, or it go through the same mechanism of GC
of .NET like other objects in C# code?

Neither. FreeLibrary() will decrease the reference count. If it reaches
zero, the library will be unloaded. This is just the same as for unmanaged code.

A DLL is not a managed object, so garbage collection has nothing to do with it.