`Span<T>` is a [ref struct](~/docs/csharp/language-reference/keywords/ref.md#ref-struct-types) that is allocated on the stack rather than on the managed heap. Ref struct types have a number of restrictions to ensure that they cannot be promoted to the managed heap, including that they can't be boxed, they can't be assigned to variables of type <xref:System.Object>, `dynamic` or to any interface type, they can't be fields in a reference type, and they can't be used across `await` and `yield` boundaries. In addition, calls to two methods, <xref:System.Span%601.Equals(System.Object)> and <xref:System.Span%601.GetHashCode%2A>, throw a <xref:System.NotSupportedException>.
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