MEX application: integer value is kept in memory between runs
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If I create the following C file:
#include "mex.h"
unsigned int inputCounter = 0;
void mexFunction(int nlhs, mxArray *plhs[], int nrhs,
const mxArray *prhs[])
{
mexPrintf("inputCounter = %d\n", inputCounter);
inputCounter ++;
}
And compile and run it in Matlab with
mex MexIntegerInit.c
MexIntegerInit
MexIntegerInit
MexIntegerInit
I get the following output:
Building with 'MinGW64 Compiler (C)'.
MEX completed successfully.
inputCounter = 0
inputCounter = 1
inputCounter = 2
However, if I compile outside of Matlab with the same compiler (MinGW64), and run it as a standalone without re-compiling between runs, the value is not incremented.
Is this undefined behavior?
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Walter Roberson
on 30 Jan 2019
no the behaviour is defined . When called inside MATLAB it is being called as a subroutine of the MATLAB process which continues to exist after the call. When called standalone each call creates a process , runs, and terminates returning the memory to the operating system .
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