Using C# Pointers

Question

How does c# makes use of pointers? If C# is a managed language and the garbage collector does a good job at preventing memory leaks and freeing up memory properly, then what

Answer 1

C# supports pointers in a limited way. In C# pointer can only be declared to hold the memory address of value types and arrays. Unlike reference types, pointer types are not tracked by the default garbage collection mechanism. Pointers are also not allowed to point to a reference type or even to a structure type which contains a reference type. So, in pure C#, they have rather limited uses. If used in 'unsafe' code, they would be considered pretty unsafe (of course!).