Can IntPtr be cast into a byte array without doing a Marshal.Copy?

Question

I want to get data from an IntPtr pointer into a byte array. I can use the following code to do it:

IntPtr intPtr = GetBuff();
byte[] b = new byte[length];
         


        

Answer 1

Try this:

byte* b = (byte*)intPtr;

Requires unsafe (in the function signature, block, or compiler flag /unsafe).