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 title: "stackalloc (C# Reference)"
-ms.date: 07/20/2015
+ms.date: 04/12/2018
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   - "stackalloc keyword [C#]"
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 # stackalloc (C# Reference)
-The `stackalloc` keyword is used in an unsafe code context to allocate a block of memory on the stack.  
-
-```csharp  
-int* block = stackalloc int[100];  
-```  
-
-## Remarks  
- The keyword is valid only in local variable initializers. The following code causes compiler errors.  
-
-```csharp  
-int* block;  
-// The following assignment statement causes compiler errors. You  
-// can use stackalloc only when declaring and initializing a local   
-// variable.  
-block = stackalloc int[100];  
-```  
-
- Because pointer types are involved, `stackalloc` requires [unsafe](../../../csharp/language-reference/keywords/unsafe.md) context. For more information, see [Unsafe Code and Pointers](../../../csharp/programming-guide/unsafe-code-pointers/index.md).  
-
- `stackalloc` is like [_alloca](/cpp/c-runtime-library/reference/alloca) in the C run-time library.  
-
- The following example calculates and displays the first 20 numbers in the Fibonacci sequence. Each number is the sum of the previous two numbers. In the code, a block of memory of sufficient size to contain 20 elements of type `int` is allocated on the stack, not the heap. The address of the block is stored in the pointer `fib`. This memory is not subject to garbage collection and therefore does not have to be pinned (by using [fixed](../../../csharp/language-reference/keywords/fixed-statement.md)). The lifetime of the memory block is limited to the lifetime of the method that defines it. You cannot free the memory before the method returns.  
-
-## Example  
- [!code-csharp[csrefKeywordsOperator#15](../../../csharp/language-reference/keywords/codesnippet/CSharp/stackalloc_1.cs)]  
-
-## Security  
- Unsafe code is less secure than safe alternatives. However, the use of `stackalloc` automatically enables buffer overrun detection features in the common language runtime (CLR). If a buffer overrun is detected, the process is terminated as quickly as possible to minimize the chance that malicious code is executed.  
-
-## C# Language Specification  
- [!INCLUDE[CSharplangspec](~/includes/csharplangspec-md.md)]  
-
-## See Also  
+The `stackalloc` keyword is used in an unsafe code context to allocate a block of memory on the stack.
+
+```csharp
+int* block = stackalloc int[100];
+```
+
+## Remarks
+
+The keyword is valid only in local variable initializers. The following code causes compiler errors.
+
+```csharp
+int* block;
+// The following assignment statement causes compiler errors. You
+// can use stackalloc only when declaring and initializing a local
+// variable.
+block = stackalloc int[100];
+```
+
+Beginning with C# 7.3, you can use array initializer syntax for `stackalloc` arrays. All the following declarations declare an array with three elements whose values are the integers `1`, `2`, and `3`:
+
+```csharp
+// Valid starting with C# 7.3
+int* first = stackalloc int[3] { 1, 2, 3 };
+int* second = stackalloc int[] { 1, 2, 3 };
+int* third = stackalloc[] { 1, 2, 3 };
+```
+
+Because pointer types are involved, `stackalloc` requires an [unsafe](unsafe.md) context. For more information, see [Unsafe Code and Pointers](../../programming-guide/unsafe-code-pointers/index.md) 
+
+`stackalloc` is like [_alloca](/cpp/c-runtime-library/reference/alloca) in the C run-time library.
+
+## Examples
+
+The following example calculates and displays the first 20 numbers in the Fibonacci sequence. Each number is the sum of the previous two numbers. In the code, a block of memory of sufficient size to contain 20 elements of type `int` is allocated on the stack, not the heap. The address of the block is stored in the pointer `fib`. This memory is not subject to garbage collection and therefore does not have to be pinned (by using [fixed](fixed-statement.md)). The lifetime of the memory block is limited to the lifetime of the method that defines it. You cannot free the memory before the method returns.
+
+[!code-csharp[csrefKeywordsOperator#15](../../../../samples/snippets/csharp/keywords/StackAllocExamples.cs#1)]
+
+The following example initializes a `stackalloc` array of integers to a bit mask with one bit set in each element. This demonstrates the new initializer syntax available starting in C# 7.3:
+
+[!code-csharp[csrefKeywordsOperator#15](../../../../samples/snippets/csharp/keywords/StackAllocExamples.cs#2)]
+
+## Security
+
+Unsafe code is less secure than safe alternatives. However, the use of `stackalloc` automatically enables buffer overrun detection features in the common language runtime (CLR). If a buffer overrun is detected, the process is terminated as quickly as possible to minimize the chance that malicious code is executed.
+
+## C# Language Specification
+ [!INCLUDE[CSharplangspec](~/includes/csharplangspec-md.md)]
+
+## See Also
  [C# Reference](../../../csharp/language-reference/index.md)  
  [C# Programming Guide](../../../csharp/programming-guide/index.md)  
  [C# Keywords](../../../csharp/language-reference/keywords/index.md)