Advanced C# Tips: Don’t Use unsafe for Minor Gains

The title could have also been "Don't use unsafe code at all!" You will come to the same conclusion after reading this post, but still I gave a room for its usage. In C#, the usage of unsafe code is a topic of debate. On one side, it offers the potential for performance gains in specific scenarios. Yet the risks and complexities it introduces often outweigh its benefits. What is unsafe Unsafe code in C# refers to a block of code that uses pointers and allows direct memory manipulation, bypassing the .NET runtime's type safety and security checks. This capability…

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