C# compiling to MSIL code

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C# compiling to MSIL code

Does the Microsoft C# compiler (CSC.exe) have an option to output the Intermediate Language files? Kind of like the -S switch does in GCC?

+6 A:

Your final executables and DLLs are stored in IL.

To see what I mean, download .NET Reflector, open one of your DLLs or executables, and switch the language to IL. It will also go through translating the IL into C# for you.

Will Eddins 2009-10-29 18:28:29

DLLs aren't stored in IL. They are stored in Byte Code, right?

icemanind 2009-10-29 18:30:41

There's no such thing as Byte Code with .net.

Joel Coehoorn 2009-10-29 18:34:41

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Intermediate_Language, it's a little confusing. CIL and Bytecode are almost the same, either way its being JITed to native code, instead of compiled straight to native bytecode.

Will Eddins 2009-10-29 18:36:47

Generally the binary code of virtual machines is called "bytecode", however, the ECMA CLI specification does not really use this term. It's called binary MSIL or binary IL.

DrJokepu 2009-10-29 18:47:55

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You can use ildasm.exe to extract the IL from the assembly compiled by csc.exe.

GBegen 2009-10-29 18:32:13

Tutorial on ILDASM http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa309387(VS.71).aspx

John K 2009-10-29 19:25:03

Thanks for the link @jdk. I updated my answer to link directly there.

GBegen 2009-10-29 21:07:54

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