Permit a special case in which libraries are not unloaded

vamp-plugins · Sep 27, 2024 · 703438d · 703438d
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diff --git a/src/vamp-hostsdk/Files.cpp b/src/vamp-hostsdk/Files.cpp
@@ -188,11 +188,18 @@ Files::loadLibrary(string path)
 void
 Files::unloadLibrary(void *handle)
 {
+    // For special purposes allow the build to specify that libraries
+    // should not be unloaded. This turns out to be useful with some
+    // older plugins we have tried on 32-bit Windows which crash if
+    // unloaded and reloaded again in the same process.
+#ifndef DO_NOT_FREE_LIBRARIES
+
 #ifdef _WIN32
     FreeLibrary((HINSTANCE)handle);
 #else
     dlclose(handle);
 #endif
+#endif
 }
 
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