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Zero-Allocation Memory Reading in C# with Span<T> & MemoryMarshal [v2.4 Technical Discussion]

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1 ay önce · Jul 2, 2026 4:03 AM
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How to read native process memory in C# without creating Garbage Collector allocations:

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public static unsafe T ReadMemory<T>(IntPtr hProcess, IntPtr address) where T : unmanaged {
    T val = default;
    ReadProcessMemory(hProcess, address, &val, sizeof(T), out _);
    return val;
}

// Reading arrays with stackalloc Span
Span<byte> buffer = stackalloc byte[1024];
ReadProcessMemory(hProcess, address, buffer, out int bytesRead);
ReadOnlySpan<float> matrix = MemoryMarshal.Cast<byte, float>(buffer);

Zero GC gen-0 allocations, execution latency matches C++!

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1 ay önce · Jul 2, 2026 7:52 AM
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MemoryMarshal.Cast reinterprets bytes into floats with 0 copies. Pure performance.

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1 ay önce · Jul 2, 2026 9:37 PM
#3

C# memory management has evolved so much in .NET 7/8.