Avoid Marshal.PtrToStructure in NativeWrapper
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Avoids an unnecessary cast to long on 32-bit systems, which could introduce inefficiency without providing any benefit.
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| unsafe | ||
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| bool status = UnsafeNativeMethods.EvtRender(contextHandle, eventHandle, flag, 0, IntPtr.Zero, out bufferNeeded, out propCount); | ||
| bool status = UnsafeNativeMethods.EvtRender(contextHandle, eventHandle, flag, 0, (UnsafeNativeMethods.EvtVariant*)null, out int bufferNeeded, out int propCount); |
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| bool status = UnsafeNativeMethods.EvtRender(contextHandle, eventHandle, flag, 0, (UnsafeNativeMethods.EvtVariant*)null, out int bufferNeeded, out int propCount); | |
| bool status = UnsafeNativeMethods.EvtRender(contextHandle, eventHandle, flag, 0, null, out int bufferNeeded, out int propCount); |
Why do we need to cast here? Many other places pass in null just fine.
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Ah ok, I see there is an ambiguous overload. There seem to be more places that have the same problem.
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Avoids an unnecessary cast to long on 32-bit systems, which could introduce inefficiency without providing any benefit.
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