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Unsafe Context
Unsafe Context

/*
A Programmer's Introduction to C# (Second Edition)
by Eric Gunnerson

Publisher: Apress  L.P.
ISBN: 1-893115-62-3
*/
// 36 - Deeper into C#\Unsafe Context
// copyright 2000 Eric Gunnerson
// file=unsafe.cs
// compile with: csc /unsafe /o+ unsafe.cs
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;


public class UnsafeContext
{
    const int iterations = 20000;    // # to do copy
    const int points = 1000;        // # of points in array
    const int retryCount = 5;        // # of times to retry
    
    public delegate Point[] CloneFunction(Point[] a);
    
    public static void TimeFunction(Point[] arr, 
    CloneFunction func, string label)
    {
        Point[]    arrCopy = null;
        long start;
        long delta;
        double min = 5000.0d;    // big number;
        
        // do the whole copy retryCount times, find fastest time
        for (int retry = 0; retry < retryCount; retry++)
        {
            start = Counter.Value;
            for (int iterate = 0; iterate < iterations; iterate++)
            arrCopy = func(arr);
            delta = Counter.Value - start;
            double result = (doubledelta / Counter.Frequency;
            if (result < min)
            min = result;
        }
    Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1:F3} seconds", label, min);
    }
    
    public static void Main()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Points, Iterations: {0} {1}", points, iterations);
        Point[] arr = new Point[points];
        for (int index = 0; index < points; index++)
        arr[indexnew Point(35);
        
        TimeFunction(arr, 
        new CloneFunction(Point.ClonePointArrayMemcpy)"Memcpy");
        TimeFunction(arr, 
        new CloneFunction(Point.ClonePointArrayUnsafe)"Unsafe");
        TimeFunction(arr, 
        new CloneFunction(Point.ClonePointArray)"Baseline");
    }
}

class Counter 
{
    public static long Frequency 
    {
        get 
        {
            long freq = 0;
            QueryPerformanceFrequency(ref freq);
            return freq;
        }
    }
    public static long Value 
    {
        get 
        {
            long count = 0;
            QueryPerformanceCounter(ref count);
            return count;
        }
    }
    
    [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("KERNEL32",
    CharSet=System.Runtime.InteropServices.CharSet.Auto)]
    private static extern bool QueryPerformanceCounter(  ref long lpPerformanceCount);
    
    [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("KERNEL32"
    CharSet=System.Runtime.InteropServices.CharSet.Auto)]
    private static extern bool QueryPerformanceFrequencyref long lpFrequency);                     
}
public struct Point
{
    public Point(int x, int y)
    {
        this.x = x;
        this.y = y;
    }
    
    // safe version
    public static Point[] ClonePointArray(Point[] a)
    {
        Point[] ret = new Point[a.Length];
        
        for (int index = 0; index < a.Length; index++)
        ret[index= a[index];
        
        return(ret);
    }
    
    // unsafe version using pointer arithmetic
    unsafe public static Point[] ClonePointArrayUnsafe(Point[] a)
    {
        Point[] ret = new Point[a.Length];
        
        // a and ret are pinned; they cannot be moved by
        // the garbage collector inside the fixed block.
        fixed (Point* src = a, dest = ret)
        {
            Point*    pSrc = src;
            Point*    pDest = dest;
            for (int index = 0; index < a.Length; index++)
            {
                *pDest = *pSrc;
                pSrc++;
                pDest++;
            }
        }
        
        return(ret);
    }
    // import CopyMemory from kernel32
    [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
    unsafe public static extern void 
    CopyMemory(void* dest, void* src, int length);
    
    // unsafe version calling CopyMemory()
    unsafe public static Point[] ClonePointArrayMemcpy(Point[] a)
    {
        Point[] ret = new Point[a.Length];
        
        fixed (Point* src = a, dest = ret)
        {
            CopyMemory(dest, src, a.Length * sizeof(Point));
        }
        
        return(ret);
    }
    
    public override string ToString()
    {
        return(String.Format("({0}, {1})", x, y));
    }
    
    int x;
    int y;
}


           
       
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