public static T ArrayShift(ref T[] array)
{
T first = array[0];
// (src, srcStartIndex, dest, destStartIndex, itemsToCopy)
System.Array.Copy(array, 1, array, 0, array.Length – 1);
return first;
}

I’m sure System.Array.Copy handles the pointers and memcpy/memmove internally.

Like,

public static T ArrayShift(T *array)
{
T first = array[0];
T[] newArray = new T[ array.Length - 1 ];
memcpy((void *) newArray, (const void *) (array + 1), sizeof(T) * (array.Length – 1));

// free memory, then reassign it to the new array.
delete[] array;
array = newArray;

return first;
}

Something like “array++;” sounds easier, but I’m not sure if it would update the indexes/Length property.