Cell  Conversion (RetCell to Cell)

public static implicit operator Cell (
	RetCell A
)

Public Shared Widening Operator CType ( 
	A As RetCell
) As Cell

Dim input As RetCell
Dim output As Cell

output = CType(input, Cell)

Parameters

A

Type: ILNumericsRetCell
Array returned from somewhere.

Return Value

This casting conversion changes temporary arrays from temporary (volatile) state to local arrays with persistent state. The inner storage is kept and used for the new array. The new array can then be used (referenced, accessed, modified) during the rest of the function scope. In contrast to that, RetArrayT1 is disposed off immediately after first use.

Array conversions in ILNumerics do not require new memory. Elements are not copied unless multiple arrays reference the same memory and one of them is about to be changed. Only then a copy of the memory is done and the change is performed on the copy (lazy copy on write).

[ILNumerics Core Module]

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