Tutorial by Topics: unsafe

In order to be able to use the unsafe keyword in a .Net project, you must check "Allow unsafe code" in Project Properties => Build Using unsafe code can improve performance, however, it is at the expense of code safety (hence the term unsafe). For instance, when you use a for lo...

Explain why certain things are marked unsafe in Rust, and why we might need to use this escape hatch in certain (rare) situations.

The Unsafe class allows a program to do things that are not allowed by the Java compiler. Normal programs should avoid using Unsafe. WARNINGS If you make a mistake using the Unsafe APIs, your applications are liable to cause the JVM to crash and/or exhibit symptoms that are hard to diagnose...

“A buffer pointer is used for low-level access to a region of memory. For example, you can use a buffer pointer for efficent processing and communication of data between apps and services.” Excerpt From: Apple Inc. “Using Swift with Cocoa and Objective-C (Swift 3.1 Edition).” iBooks. https://itun.e...