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Union types are used in several languages, like C-language, to contain several different types which can "overlap". In other words, they might contain different fields all of which start at the same memory offset, even when they might have different lengths and types. This has the benef...

Apart from primitives, the Explicit Layout structs (Unions) in C#, can also contain other Structs. As long as a field is a Value type and not a Reference, it can be contained in a Union: using System; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; // The struct needs to be annotated as "Explici...