Safely use containers in C++ library interface

Question

When designing a C++ library, I read it is bad practice to include standard library containers like std::vector in the public interface (see e.g. Implications of us

Answer 1

If you are using C++11, you can use cppcomponents. https://github.com/jbandela/cppcomponents

This will allow you to use among other things std::vector as a parameter or return value across Dll/or .so files created using different compilers or standard libraries. Take a look at my answer to a similar question for an example Passing reference to STL vector over dll boundary

Note for the example, you need to add a CPPCOMPONENTS_REGISTER(ImplementFiles) after the CPPCOMPONENTS_DEFINE_FACTORY() statement