Have anyone ideea if there are plans to implement pointers in VB?

Or, have the classes substituting the pointers the same performance?

Crirus

"Crirus" <(E-Mail Removed)> schrieb
> Have anyone ideea if there are plans to implement pointers in VB?
>
> Or, have the classes substituting the pointers the same
> performance?

All varaibles declared as a reference type are pointers.


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Armin

A reference 'is a' pointer. It points to an object. You can also treat value
types as objects i.e. obtain a reference to it, by 'Boxing' them.


"Crirus" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Have anyone ideea if there are plans to implement pointers in VB?
>
> Or, have the classes substituting the pointers the same performance?
>
> Crirus
>
>

I know, byt a pointer to memory was what I want to know, as in C#


"Nice Chap" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> A reference 'is a' pointer. It points to an object. You can also treat
value
> types as objects i.e. obtain a reference to it, by 'Boxing' them.
>
>
> "Crirus" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Have anyone ideea if there are plans to implement pointers in VB?
> >
> > Or, have the classes substituting the pointers the same performance?
> >
> > Crirus
> >
> >
>
>

* "Crirus" <(E-Mail Removed)> scripsit:
> Have anyone ideea if there are plans to implement pointers in VB?
>
> Or, have the classes substituting the pointers the same performance?

Mhm... I never needed pointers like in C and I never missed them. I
think/hope they will never introduce them to VB.NET.

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Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

"Crirus" <(E-Mail Removed)> schrieb
> I know, byt a pointer to memory was what I want to know, as in C#

The methods of System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal might help.


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Armin

Hi Crirus,

No pointers in VB. :-(

It's unlikely that there will be any as VB has not traditionally been a
pointer-based language. The best bet is to learn C# (or C++) and do it in a
separate Project.

The performance benefits can be considerable and for the graphics work
that you are doping, it is well worth investigating.

Here are some very useful articles for you

Multimedia and GDI+:
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/media
Look for Image Processing for Dummies which is a series of
walkthroughs on doing image manipulation using C# pointers.

Pointers UNDOCUMENTED - .NET
http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/pointers.asp
Which gives additional background on pointers in .NET.

Unfortunately the codeproject site was unavailable when I checked just
now. If you're in a hurry, you can do a Google search and check out the cached
pages (but the images come from the site so will not be shown).

Regards,
Fergus

Hi Herfried,

It does depend on what you are doing in your programs, of course.
Run-of-the-mill Windows apps don't need pointers. Crirus' bitmap
manipulations? I think there's a good case there.

Regards,
Fergus

There is any performance drawback on this class versus pinters that C# have?


"Armin Zingler" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Crirus" <(E-Mail Removed)> schrieb
> > I know, byt a pointer to memory was what I want to know, as in C#
>
> The methods of System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal might help.
>
>
> --
> Armin
>

LOL, I guess I'm well known allready with my struggle with images


"Fergus Cooney" <filter-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi Crirus,
>
> No pointers in VB. :-(
>
> It's unlikely that there will be any as VB has not traditionally been
a
> pointer-based language. The best bet is to learn C# (or C++) and do it in
a
> separate Project.
>
> The performance benefits can be considerable and for the graphics work
> that you are doping, it is well worth investigating.
>
> Here are some very useful articles for you
>
> Multimedia and GDI+:
> http://www.codeproject.com/cs/media
> Look for Image Processing for Dummies which is a series of
> walkthroughs on doing image manipulation using C# pointers.
>
> Pointers UNDOCUMENTED - .NET
> http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/pointers.asp
> Which gives additional background on pointers in .NET.
>
> Unfortunately the codeproject site was unavailable when I checked just
> now. If you're in a hurry, you can do a Google search and check out the
cached
> pages (but the images come from the site so will not be shown).
>
> Regards,
> Fergus
>
>