free buffer returned by H5Tget_member_name result in runtime error in Windows Vista

Hi, All:

    I'am developing code to read dataset information of compound type. When trying to read member field's name, I use the following code to retrieve field name:
    //here hDataType is get by H5Dget_type(DatasetID), and iM is the field's index, and here its value is 0 for it's the first field
    char* name = H5Tget_member_name(hDataType, iM);
    string strMemName(name); //copy the value
    free(name); //here result in runtime error in Vista system.
    As I know from the HDF5 documentation, the application that calls H5Tget_member_name need to free the buffer, so I did and it works fine in Windows XP, but cause external error in Windows Vista. Anyone know how this happens? Thanks

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