Remove unsafe code from SmtpReplyReaderFactory.ProcessRead #121297

Copilot · 2025-11-03T14:17:18Z

The ProcessRead method used unnecessary unsafe pointer arithmetic despite accepting a ReadOnlySpan<byte> parameter that already provides safe, efficient indexing.

Changes

Replaced unsafe pointer arithmetic with ReadOnlySpan indexing
- Removed unsafe block and fixed statement
- Replaced byte* pointers with integer index tracking
- Changed *ptr++ to buffer[i++], (int)(ptr - start) to i
Fixed pre-existing validation bug (discovered during refactoring)
- Changed if (b < '0' && b > '9') to if (b < '0' || b > '9') in digit validation
- Original condition could never be true (no byte can be both < 48 and > 57)

Before/After

// Before
unsafe {
    fixed (byte* pBuffer = buffer) {
        byte* ptr = pBuffer;
        byte b = *ptr++;
        if (b < '0' && b > '9')  // Bug: never true
            throw new FormatException(...);
    }
}

// After
int i = 0;
byte b = buffer[i++];
if (b < '0' || b > '9')  // Correct validation
    throw new FormatException(...);

All existing tests pass. No API or behavior changes.

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EgorBo changed the title [WIP] There is absolutely unnecessary unsafe code in SmtpReplyReaderFactory.cs in ProcessRead function, please file a PR to replace with just normal ReadOnlySpan memory access to make it memory safe. [WIP] Remove unsafe code from SmtpReplyReaderFactory Nov 3, 2025

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