PointerToolkit 1.0.0-preview2

.NET 6.0 This package targets .NET 6.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher.
This is a prerelease version of PointerToolkit.
There is a newer version of this package available.
See the version list below for details. 
dotnet add package PointerToolkit --version 1.0.0-preview2
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package PointerToolkit -Version 1.0.0-preview2
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="PointerToolkit" Version="1.0.0-preview2" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="PointerToolkit" Version="1.0.0-preview2" />
                    


                            Directory.Packages.props
                        

                    

                
<PackageReference Include="PointerToolkit" />
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add PointerToolkit --version 1.0.0-preview2
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: PointerToolkit, 1.0.0-preview2"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=PointerToolkit&version=1.0.0-preview2&prerelease
                    


                            Install PointerToolkit as a Cake Addin
                        

                    

                
#tool nuget:?package=PointerToolkit&version=1.0.0-preview2&prerelease
                    


                            Install PointerToolkit as a Cake Tool

PointerToolkit

Provides structs that wrap pointers, Unsafe methods for converting to and from ref pointers of any type, as well as Interlocked and Volatile operations on ref pointers.

Even using the built-in System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe class, you cannot reinterpret refs to raw pointers for use in calls to methods such as Interlocked.Exchange() or Volatile.Read().

Pointers up to 3 levels of indirection are supported, e.g. void*** and T***. The helper classes UnsafePtr, InterlockedPtr, and VolatilePtr are provided.

We may get this in .NET itself someday, if https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/62342 is approved and landed. Until then, you can use this.

namespace PointerToolkit;

public static unsafe class UnsafePtr
{
    public static ref T As<T>(ref void* source)
        where T : unmanaged;

    public static ref U As<T, U>(ref T* source)
        where T : unmanaged
        where U : unmanaged;

    // etc.
}

public static unsafe class InterlockedPtr
{
    public static void* Exchange(ref void* location1, void* value);

    public static T* Exchange<T>(ref T* location1, T* value)
        where T : unmanaged;

    // etc.
}

public static unsafe class VolatilePtr
{
    public static void* Read(ref void* location);

    public static T* Read<T>(ref T* location)
        where T : unmanaged;

    public static void Write(ref void* location, void* value);

    public static void Write<T>(ref T* location, T* value)
        where T : unmanaged;

    // etc.
}
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  • net6.0

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1.0.0-preview7 251 1/26/2022
1.0.0-preview6 197 1/3/2022
1.0.0-preview5 187 12/7/2021
1.0.0-preview4 205 12/7/2021
1.0.0-preview3 479 12/4/2021
1.0.0-preview2 439 12/4/2021
1.0.0-preview1 439 12/4/2021