Swift 里的指针

基础知识

之前分配的内存可能被释放，使得指针指向了未被分配的内存。
有两种方式可以使得指针指向的内存处于Uninitialized状态：

var bytes: [UInt8] = [39, 77, 111, 111, 102, 33, 39, 0]

let uint8Pointer = UnsafeMutablePointer<UInt8>.allocate(capacity: 8)

此时，uint8Pointer处于Uninitialized状态。

已经被初始化的内存，可以通过pointee属性或者下标方式访问。

let ptr: UnsafePointer<Int> = ...

// ptr.pointee == 23

// ptr[0] == 23

	指向内存能否改动	可否进行边界检查
UnsafePointer	❌	❌
UnsafeMutablePointer	✅	❌
UnsafeBufferPointer	❌	✅
UnsafeMutableBufferPointer	✅	✅

即指向的内存没有特定类型。

Use raw pointers and buffers to access memory for loading and storing as raw bytes.

Memory that has been bound to a type can be rebound to a different type only after it has been deinitialized or if the bound type is a trivial type

被 deinitialized 的地址，有三种出路：

相比之下，pointee 类型是 trivial 的，可以进行更多的操作。