[Mono-dev] Could String constructors be redirected to managed methods?

[Kornél Pál]

Hi,

The following methods are currently implemented using unmanaged code:
unsafe public extern String (sbyte *value);
unsafe public extern String (sbyte *value, int startIndex, int length);
unsafe public extern String (sbyte *value, int startIndex, int length, 
Encoding enc);

They all should use Encoding classes (overloads without encoding parameters 
should use Encoding.Default). I think they could be implemented more easily 
and probably much faster using managed code.

I attached a patch draft that contains CreateString methods that should be 
called instead of unmanaged code to show an example why this could be easier 
and faster.

Is it possible to redirect these constructors to CreateString methods 
instead of unmanaged functions? If possible how could this be implemented?

Thanks for your help.

Kornél 
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