System.Buffer Class With Boolean Data Type

[wfunction]

Does anyone know how to use the System.Buffer class with the Boolean data type? It makes no sense to set an element of a 1-bit data type using SetByte!!
Thanks.

 

[JohnH]

Boolean data type is 1 byte, check for example with Buffer.ByteLength. Set the byte value to 0 for False, all other byte values for True.

 

[wfunction]

Does anyone know how to use the System.Buffer class with the Boolean data type? It makes no sense to set an element of a 1-bit data type using SetByte!!
Thanks.

WHAAAT?!
I was writing my own BigInteger class which had an array of Booleans (not like the one in J# or Java), but that means that I'm using at least 8 times more memory than I thought!! Thanks a lot though!
Any ideas on how to improve performance?
Otherwise, my question has been answered. Thanks!

 

[JohnH]

Maybe you could have a look into the BitArray class.

 

[wfunction]

Thanks... I thought BitArray was implemented using a Boolean(), but I was wrong. However, a little question: are the lower and upper bounds ALWAYS 0 and Length - 1, or can they be changed by constructing using non-zero lower bound arrays?

 

[JohnH]

arrays are zero-based:

In Visual Basic .NET, the lower bound of every array dimension is 0, and you cannot declare it to be otherwise.