12/29/2022
- Span
- C#
- .NET
3 min

ReadOnlySpan<char> and strings - How not to compare them

Many know that you can take ReadOnlySpan<char> objects when dealing with strings. They give you a direct way of operating on the underlying memory. Often times you can use them interchangeably, but there are scenarios where you really have to watch out what is going on.

This blog post will have a look at a major problem with ReadOnlySpan when used like a "regular" string.

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4/3/2022
10 min

Create a low allocation and faster StringBuilder - Span in Action

.NET ships a nice StringBuilder since the dawn of time or at least since the beginning of the framework itself. The intention is simple: If we need to concatenate a lot of strings we can't rely on the + operator as we introduce a lot of unnecessary allocations plus it is slow! That is where the StringBuilder jumps into the picture.

Why is that? Why is the StringBuilder better? And can we do better? Spoiler: Yes!

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