using System.Reflection;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace WhiteMagic;
///
/// Caches the widths marshalling decisions for type
/// once, at static-constructor time. and
/// branch on
/// and pick the appropriate width from this cache.
///
/// The type to cache metadata for.
public static class MarshalCache
{
///
/// The blittable (managed layout) width of . This is
/// what /
/// actually consume. Equals in the general case,
/// with fixed-width overrides for , , and
/// enums so the cache value matches the primitive layout width used by those
/// paths.
///
public static readonly int Size;
///
/// The unmanaged (interop) width via . The marshal
/// path (/)
/// reads/writes this many bytes. Exceeds whenever a struct
/// carries inline unmanaged data that the marshaler expands — inline
/// ByValTStr/ByValArray buffers, bool fields (4 bytes per
/// default Win32 BOOL marshaling vs 1 byte managed), etc. For types that do
/// not go through the marshal path, this field is still populated but unused
/// by MemoryBase.
///
///
/// Marshal.SizeOf throws for some reference-containing shapes (e.g. a
/// bare ). When that happens, we fall back to
/// — the fallback path is unreachable from production code
/// because types with a reference field always have
/// true, so MemoryBase reads this field only
/// when it is known to be populated.
///
public static readonly int MarshalSize;
///
/// when cannot be copied through
/// the blittable path
/// and must fall back to /
/// . This is the case when a top-level field
/// carries , or when
/// contains a managed reference
/// ().
///
///
/// The check inspects only top-level fields; a
/// on a field of a nested struct is not
/// detected. Reference-containing nested structs are still caught, because the
/// reference check propagates through nested value types.
///
public static readonly bool TypeRequiresMarshal;
static MarshalCache()
{
if (typeof(T) == typeof(bool))
{
Size = 1;
}
else if (typeof(T) == typeof(char))
{
// Marshal.SizeOf reports 1 (ANSI char), but the blittable
// MemoryMarshal path reads/writes a char as a 2-byte UTF-16 code unit.
Size = 2;
}
else if (typeof(T).IsEnum)
{
Size = Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(T).GetEnumUnderlyingType());
}
else
{
// The blittable path goes through MemoryMarshal, which uses the CLR
// managed layout. Use Unsafe.SizeOf so Size agrees with that
// layout — Marshal.SizeOf disagrees when a struct contains a
// `bool` field (unmanaged 4 vs managed 1).
Size = Unsafe.SizeOf();
}
bool hasMarshalAsField =
typeof(T).GetFields(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic)
.Any(f => f.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(MarshalAsAttribute), true).Length != 0);
TypeRequiresMarshal =
hasMarshalAsField || RuntimeHelpers.IsReferenceOrContainsReferences();
// MarshalSize is only consulted when TypeRequiresMarshal is true; for the
// rare case where Marshal.SizeOf refuses a shape (ref-containing structs),
// fall back to the managed size so the field stays populated.
try
{
MarshalSize = Marshal.SizeOf();
}
catch (ArgumentException)
{
MarshalSize = Size;
}
}
}