DifferencesBetweenSpanAndMemoryInCSharp: retarget net10.0, return the slice from both benchmarks - #2129
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… slice from both benchmarks Both benchmark methods returned void and discarded their slice, so the published means (0.2760 ns / 0.0239 ns) measured an empty method rather than the operation. Returning the slice makes BenchmarkDotNet consume the result and produces real figures.
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Both benchmark methods in
SpanMemoryBenchmarkreturnedvoidand discarded their slice, so the published means (0.2760 ns / 0.0239 ns) measured an empty method rather than the operation. Returning the slice makes BenchmarkDotNet consume the result.SliceAsMemorynow returnsMemory<int>,SliceAsSpannow returnsSpan<int>net8.0->net10.0Measured on net10.0 (.NET 10.0.10, BenchmarkDotNet 0.13.12):
SliceAsMemory2.8710 ns,SliceAsSpan0.5306 ns, 0 B allocated. Article /csharp-differences-between-span-and-memory/ updated with these figures.