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Is it possible to make an alias on unsafe pointer type, i.e. I wanna use following: using bytePtr = System.Byte*.
Will .net developers introduce this feature in future versions (alias to pointer and array types)?
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Because any pointer could alias any other pointer in C, the compiler must assume that memory regions accessed through these pointers can overlap, which prevents many possible optimizations. C++ enables more optimizations, as pointer arguments will not be treated as possible aliases if they point to different types.
Pointer aliasing is a hidden kind of data dependency that can occur in C, C++, or any other language that uses pointers for array addresses in arithmetic operations. Array data identified by pointers in C can overlap, because the C language puts very few restrictions on pointers.
No, it isn't.
And if it was, the syntax would have been:
using BytePtr = System.Byte*;
but again: no, you can't do that. A using alias can not be to a pointer.
Also, byte* is both shorter and clearer than BytePtr, IMO.
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