HostDeviceNewT Method

public override MemoryHandle New<T>(
	ulong elementCount,
	bool clear = false
)

Public Overrides Function New(Of T) ( 
	elementCount As ULong,
	Optional clear As Boolean = false
) As MemoryHandle

Dim instance As HostDevice
Dim elementCount As ULong
Dim clear As Boolean
Dim returnValue As MemoryHandle

returnValue = instance.New(elementCount, 
	clear)

Parameters

elementCount

Type: SystemUInt64
Number of elements. This determins the size of the memory required.

clear (Optional)

Type: SystemBoolean
[Optional] True: clear the element values. False: do not clear the elements (default).

Type Parameters

T

Type of elements which will be stored in the memory.

Return Value

The HostDevice allocates arrays for ValueType elements on native process memory instead on the managed heap. Reference type elements, however, are allocated on the managed heap. Hence, the handle returned will either be a NativeHostHandle or a ManagedHostHandleT. Note, both categories of memory are managed in their own pools. In the case of ValueType elements and native storage the new memory will - if possible - be taken from the NativeHostPool pool associated with the current thread and the host device. For managed arrays the global, static, thread local pool Pool is considered.

[ILNumerics Core Module]

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