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Asked: May 14, 20262026-05-14T17:07:26+00:00 2026-05-14T17:07:26+00:00

Read this question today about safe and unsafe code I then read about it

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Read this question today about safe and unsafe code I then read about it in MSDN but I still don’t understand it. Why would you want to use pointers in C#? Is this purely for speed?

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    2026-05-14T17:07:27+00:00Added an answer on May 14, 2026 at 5:07 pm

    There are three reasons to use unsafe code:

    • APIs (as noted by John)
    • Getting actual memory address of data (e.g. access memory-mapped hardware)
    • Most efficient way to access and modify data (time-critical performance requirements)
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