jingwood/d2dlib

Could this library benefit from C#9's function pointers?

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#34 opened on Sep 23, 2020

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There might be function pointers to unmanaged APIs in C#: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/proposals/csharp-9.0/function-pointers

Could this library benefit form that? Someone mentions here that this might be suitable for graphics APIs: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24559462

If so, I'd like to contribute.

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Investigate if C# 9 function pointers can be used to reduce overhead when calling Direct2D unmanaged APIs, and provide a proof of concept.
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csharp
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computer graphics
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