NativeMemory

Important bits and pieces

• NativeArray<T>: Access native data

• NativeArrayPool<T>: Just like ArrayPool, pools native arrays

• INativeAllocator

  • HGlobalMemAllocator: Allocates memory using Marshal.AllocHGlobal
  • CoTaskMemAllocator: Marshal.AllocCoTaskMem

Sample Code

Using the ArrayPool:

// allocates a new array with 10 bytes var array = new NativeArray<byte>(10); array.Dispose(); // Borrow an array of 200 bytes array = NativeArrayPool<byte>.SharedHGlobal.Rent(200); // Return the array to the pool. NativeArrayPool<byte>.SharedHGlobal.Return(array); // Borrow an array of 200 bytes and return it using the dispose pattern. using (array = NativeArrayPool<byte>.SharedHGlobal.Rent(200)) { }

Thanks

Special thanks to the guys from Poltergeist, where i mostly stole this code got my inspiration from.