No intellisence for Span<T>'s GetPinnableReference method

sdflysha

For following code (install latest version of System.Memory):

Span<byte> buffer = stackalloc byte[1024];
// No intellisence for: buffer.Get...
buffer.GetPinnableReference().Dump();

When I type buffer.Get, there is no intellisence out there(should list a GetPinnableReference), and the code is working.

nescafe

GetPinnableReference is decorated with the EditorBrowsable attribute, State = Never:

[EditorBrowsable((EditorBrowsableState) EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
public unsafe ref T GetPinnableReference();

See also:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.componentmodel.editorbrowsablestate?view=netframework-4.8

This class is used by a visual designer to determine what is visible to the user. For example, the IntelliSense engine in Visual Studio never shows methods or properties that are marked as Never.

sdflysha

Thanks, make perfect sense to me.