Blittable types

Blittable types have an identical presentation in memory for both Managed & Unmanaged environments, and can be directly shared by them. Hence, it does not require special attention from the interop marshaler.

• System.Byte • System.SByte • System.Int16

• System.UInt16 • System.Int32 • System.UInt32

• System.Int64 • System.IntPtr • System.UIntPtr

Additionally, one-dimensional arrays of these types as well as complex types containing only fields of these types are blittable. The following are some commonly-used non-blittable types in the .NET framework: System.Boolean, System.Char, System.Object, System.String

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