Pointers

• Managed pointers

  • Pointer to GCed memory.
  • Potentially an interior pointer.
  • Created by ref parameters, struct ops

• Unmanaged pointer

  • Pointer to non-GCed memory.
  • Can pin a managed pointer and convert it to an unmanaged pointer.
  • No conversions the other way.
  • No conversion to Object either.

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