I am allocating some unmanaged memory in my application via Marshal.AllocHGlobal. I'm then copying a set of bytes to this location and converting the resulting segment of memory to a struct before ...

With the introduction of Memory, Span and ArraySegment in C# 7.2, I was wondering if I could represent an unmanaged array as an enumerable object, that lives on the heap. This latter requirement r...

I'm using FFmpeg library to receive and decode H.264/MPEG-TS over UDP with minimal latency (something MediaElement can't handle). On a dedicated FFmpeg thread, I'm pulling PixelFormats.Bgr32 video...

Continuing my F# performance testing. For some more background see here: f# NativePtr.stackalloc in Struct Constructor F# NativePtr.stackalloc Unexpected Stack Overflow Now I've got stack arrays...

Still doing my F# performance testing and trying to get stack based arrays working. For some more background see here: f# NativePtr.stackalloc in Struct Constructor. As I understand it, each funct...

I'm doing some F# performance testing and am trying to create an array on the stack rather then the heap (value vs reference type). I am using NativePtr.stackalloc to allocate memory on the stack. ...

OK, all you ASP.NET Experts: I have used reflector to look into ASP.NET Cache implementation (which sits on HttpRuntime.Cache and HttpContext.Current.Cache) uses a Hashtable internally to keep the ...

Is that ok to Write and Read directly from a unlocked Bitmap unmanaged memory? Can I keep using the BitmapData after I UnlockBits of the Bitmap? I did a test app where I can read the pixel of the ...

UPDATE: There is now an accepted answer that "works". You should never, ever, ever, ever use it. Ever. First let me preface my question by stating that I'm a game developer. There's a legitimate...