ios - UnsafeMutablePointer Warning with Swift 5

Question

I had this:

let alphaPtr = UnsafeMutablePointer<vImagePixelCount>(mutating: alpha) as UnsafeMutablePointer<vImagePixelCount>?

Which now I get the warning:

Initialization of 'UnsafeMutablePointer' (aka 'UnsafeMutablePointer') results in a dangling pointer

Detailed warning consists of:

1. Implicit argument conversion from '[vImagePixelCount]' (aka 'Array') to 'UnsafePointer' (aka 'UnsafePointer') produces a pointer valid only for the duration of the call to 'init(mutating:)'

2. Use the 'withUnsafeBufferPointer' method on Array in order to explicitly convert argument to buffer pointer valid for a defined scope

Is there a way around this?

Answer 1

Try this

var bytes = [UInt8]()
let uint8Pointer = UnsafeMutablePointer<UInt8>.allocate(capacity: bytes.count)
uint8Pointer.initialize(from: &bytes, count: bytes.count)