Re: 'References' (pointers) in C# (without using unsafe)

From: Magnus Lidbom (magnus_lidbom_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/05/04 

Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 11:07:31 +0100

On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 04:00:48 -0500, _ed_ <_nomail@_nospam.com> wrote:

>I'd like to build a class or struct composed of pointers to variables.
>Does this require dropping into an 'unsafe' block, or is there a
>trick?
>
> ....
> int value1 = 1234;
> bool value2 = false;
> string value3 = "Hello Detroit";
>
> public class x {
> int *adr_value1 = &value1;
> bool *adr_value2 = &value2;
> string *adr_value3 = &value3;
> }

Why exactly do you feel you need pointers? What's wrong with
references for what you intend?

/Magnus Lidbom

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