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// Access members via pointer.

Point point;

Point* p = &point;

p->x = 100;

p->y = 200;

Console.WriteLine(p->ToString());

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// Access members via pointer indirection.

Point point2;

Point* p2 = &point2;

(*p2).x = 100;

(*p2).y = 200;

Console.WriteLine((*p2).ToString());

}

The stackalloc Keyword

In an unsafe context, you may need to declare a local variable that allocates memory directly from

the call stack (and is therefore not subject to .NET garbage collection). To do so, C# provides the

stackalloc keyword, which is the C# equivalent to the _alloca function of the C runtime library.

Here is a simple example:

unsafe  static void UnsafeStackAlloc()

{

char* p = stackalloc char[256];

for (int k = 0; k < 256; k++)

p[k] = (char)k;

}