How to compile with unsafe code?

[NinjaTrader_DaveI]

Thank you -- I've added your vote.

[NJA_MC]

I think this is important, but unlikely it will impact me until after BETA.

[NinjaTrader_DaveI]

EV, I've added your vote to SFT-501 for supporting the compilation of unsafe code. If anyone else would like to add their vote, please let me know so we can get an idea of the demand for this feature/ability.

[zweistein]

unsafe code

unsafe code will be essentially use of pointers in C, C++ or asm.

For sure you can compile an external dll , but then you have to interface to C code.

In the past I used C++ managed code with unsafe code fragments to interface with the JNI (java native interface). Then you can call your C++ managed code exactly the same way as you would call a C# class/function.
Be aware that you need all Visual Studio 8 patches otherwise the managed C++ code will not always compile.

Andreas

[ETFVoyageur]

OK -- thanks for the update.

--EV

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Wont be in NT8 beta. Would be on the list to look into what would be required to do that until after we are through open beta but not sooner.

[ETFVoyageur]

Brett,

What's the latest on when we'll be able to compile directly in Visual Studio? Aside from convenience, that would allow breakpoints active from the get-go instead of only after a human has time to attach to the process.

--EV

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Sorry Koganam, but outside the scope we could provide at the moment.

[koganam]

We use an internal compiler calls therefor not supported. To do this for now you would have to compile a DLL externally and reference it in. I'll add a vote for the unsafe option.

Do we get to know what that internal compiler call is? I have been trying unsuccessfully to figure it out since NT7, so that I can use it in my installer for my goods. The current method I use is just too crude a hack for me to even describe: I am too ashamed of just how bad a hack it is.

[ETFVoyageur]

Thanks, Brett.

I do think NT should support that, but it is not crucial for me right now. Perhaps the point will be moot when NT gets to where the compilation can be done in Visual Studio.

--EV

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

We use an internal compiler calls therefor not supported. To do this for now you would have to compile a DLL externally and reference it in. I'll add a vote for the unsafe option.

[ETFVoyageur]

How do I compile with unsafe code?

Trying to do so gets the correct error message: Unsafe code may only appear if compiling with /unsafe.

My problem is that I do not know where to set /unsafe.

--EV