C# Memory<T>

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I need to store (as a field on a class) a contiguous block of memory. In Xojo, I used a class called a MemoryBlock. It looks like C# provides the Span<T> and Memory<T> structs which do what I need. The Span<T> struct can’t be used as a field for a class on the heap but Memory<T> can. I’m using Elements RTL. I don’t see Memory<T> in the RTL docs. Does that mean it isn’t supported?

Essentially, I need to store bytecode for a VM I’m writing an I thought it would be better performing to store it as a Memory<T> than an array of byte. Does anyone have any suggestions about this?

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Which platform are you working on? Because Memory<T> is a .NET type you can just use on Elements too. if it’s island or Toffee, we have Span types that you can use on the heap.

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I’m using .NET for the Windows console app and Island for the macOS app.

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FWIW, just a Byte[] should work too? with “unsafe” code enabled (in .NET), you can get a pointer to element [0] and then just treat it as a random access more block as you please.

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