Generating assembly code from C# code?

Question

Is there any way to generate assembly code from C# code? I know that it is possible with C code with GAS, but does anybody know if it's possible with C#?

Answer 1

You can use BenchmarkDotNet with the printAsm flag set to true.

[DisassemblyDiagnoser(printAsm: true, printSource: true)] // !!! use the new diagnoser!!
[RyuJitX64Job]
public class Simple
{
    int[] field = Enumerable.Range(0, 100).ToArray();

    [Benchmark]
    public int SumLocal()
    {
        var local = field; // we use local variable that points to the field

        int sum = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < local.Length; i++)
            sum += local[i];

        return sum;
    }

    [Benchmark]
    public int SumField()
    {
        int sum = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < field.Length; i++)
            sum += field[i];

        return sum;
    }
}

Which produces: