Why can't I return a char* string from C++ to C# in a Release build?

Question

I\'m attempting to call the following trivial C function from C#:

SIMPLEDLL_API const char* ReturnString()
{
    return \"Returning a static string!\";
}
         


        

Answer 1

I ran into a similar problem and specifying the "CharSet" seemed to fix it.

[DllImport("SimpleDll", CharSet = CharSet.Ansi)]

Not sure why this would be different in debug and release.