Treat pointers as value types

Il2CppInterop.Generator/Extensions/AsmResolverExtensions.cs

@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ private static Parameter GetArgument(this ILProcessor instructions, int argument
 
     public static bool IsNested(this TypeSignature type) => type.DeclaringType is not null;
 
+    public static bool IsPointerLike(this TypeSignature type) => type is PointerTypeSignature or ByReferenceTypeSignature;
+
+    public static bool IsValueTypeLike(this TypeSignature type) => type.IsValueType || type.IsPointerLike();
+
     public static bool IsSystemEnum(this GenericParameterConstraint constraint) => constraint.Constraint?.FullName is "System.Enum";
 
     public static bool IsSystemValueType(this GenericParameterConstraint constraint) => constraint.Constraint?.FullName is "System.ValueType";

Il2CppInterop.Generator/Extensions/ILGeneratorEx.cs

@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ public static void EmitObjectStore(this ILProcessor body, TypeSignature original
             body.Add(OpCodes.Call, imports.IL2CPP_ManagedStringToIl2Cpp.Value);
             body.Add(OpCodes.Call, imports.WriteFieldWBarrier);
         }
+        else if (originalType.IsPointerLike())
+        {
+            Debug.Assert(newType.IsPointerLike());
+            body.AddLoadArgument(argumentIndex);
+            body.Add(OpCodes.Stobj, newType.ToTypeDefOrRef());
+            body.Add(OpCodes.Pop);
+        }
         else if (originalType.IsValueType)
         {
             var typeSpecifics = enclosingType.AssemblyContext.GlobalContext.JudgeSpecificsByOriginalType(originalType);
@@ -182,6 +189,11 @@ public static void EmitObjectToPointer(this ILProcessor body, TypeSignature orig
                 body.Add(OpCodes.Conv_I);
             }
         }
+        else if (originalType.IsPointerLike())
+        {
+            Debug.Assert(newType.IsPointerLike());
+            body.AddLoadArgument(argumentIndex);
+        }
         else if (originalType.IsValueType)
         {
             if (newType.IsValueType)
@@ -285,6 +297,11 @@ public static void EmitPointerToObject(this ILProcessor body, TypeSignature orig
         {
             // do nothing
         }
+        else if (originalReturnType.IsPointerLike())
+        {
+            Debug.Assert(convertedReturnType.IsPointerLike());
+            body.Add(OpCodes.Ldloc, pointerVariable);
+        }
         else if (originalReturnType.IsValueType)
         {
             if (convertedReturnType.IsValueType)

Il2CppInterop.Generator/Utils/FieldAccessorGenerator.cs

@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ public static void MakeGetter(FieldDefinition field, FieldRewriteContext fieldCo
         getterBody.EmitPointerToObject(fieldContext.OriginalField.Signature!.FieldType, property.Signature.ReturnType,
             fieldContext.DeclaringType, local0, !field.IsStatic, false);
 
+        if (property.Signature.ReturnType.IsPointerLike())
+            getterBody.Add(OpCodes.Ldind_I);
+
         getterBody.Add(OpCodes.Ret);
 
         property.GetMethod = getter;

Il2CppInterop.Generator/Utils/UnstripGenerator.cs

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public static void GenerateInvokerMethodBody(MethodDefinition newMethod, FieldDe
         }
 
         body.Add(OpCodes.Call, delegateType.Methods.Single(it => it.Name == "Invoke"));
-        if (!newMethod.Signature!.ReturnType.IsValueType)
+        if (!newMethod.Signature!.ReturnType.IsValueTypeLike())
         {
             var pointerVar = new CilLocalVariable(imports.Module.IntPtr());
             newMethod.CilMethodBody.LocalVariables.Add(pointerVar);