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what is the use of fixed statement in c#?

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Last Update: September 12, 2008 Asked by: musclebai

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February 09, 2008 10:50:13

pratiksha.saxena

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RE: what is the use of fixed statement in c#?

Prevents relocation of variable by Garbage Collector.

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April 02, 2008 03:30:34

Vikas Yadav

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RE: what is the use of fixed statement in c#?

The fixed keyword is responsible for the pinning of managed objects(maanged by CLR). Pinning is the act of specifying to the GC that the object in question can’t be moved.Permitted in unsafe context only i.e wwhen u are using pointers in C#.

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September 12, 2008 01:49:05

asifdcsku

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RE: what is the use of fixed statement in c#?

Fixed is used while doing type casting
Fixed ensures that no exception will be thrown even if we are doing a wrong cast.

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