I have a function that want to receive sbyte* buffer how to create such in C# from scratch and from existing byte[]?
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A:
// Allocate a new buffer (skip this if you already have one)
byte[] buffer = new byte[256];
unsafe
{
// The "fixed" statement tells the runtime to keep the array in the same
// place in memory (relocating it would make the pointer invalid)
fixed (byte* ptr_byte = &buffer[0])
{
// Cast the pointer to sbyte*
sbyte* ptr_sbyte = (sbyte*) ptr_byte;
// Do your stuff here
}
// The end of the "fixed" block tells the runtime that the original array
// is available for relocation and/or garbage collection again
}
Timwi
2010-08-22 21:51:09