code after preprocessor / macro

[Avin Patel]

Hi,
I have written C# code. And I have used preprocessor / macro in it.

I want to get the C# code after processing preprocessor, I have defined
durcng compile time. How can I get this code?

Is there any csc compiler option, that can produce the code after processing
the macros/preprocessors?

Thank you,
Avin Patel

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Avin Patel <Av*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

I have written C# code. And I have used preprocessor / macro in it.

I want to get the C# code after processing preprocessor, I have defined
durcng compile time. How can I get this code?

Is there any csc compiler option, that can produce the code after processing
the macros/preprocessors?

No - C# doesn't *have* macros or a preprocessor. It has "pre-processing
directives" which are named that way because they look similar to C/C++
ones, but there's no actual pre-processor.

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[Avin Patel]

Hi,
Well, It doesn't matter, What you call? MACRO, preprocessor or
*pre-processor directive* Or act like preprocessor. In the end it does the
same job as the C++ pre-processor does.

So my question is, How can I get the C# code after compiler has done
processing this "pre-processor"?
As the C++ compiler has the facility to obtain the C++ code after compiler
has done pre-processing.

Thank You,
Avin Patel

"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" wrote:

Avin Patel <Av*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

I have written C# code. And I have used preprocessor / macro in it.

I want to get the C# code after processing preprocessor, I have defined
durcng compile time. How can I get this code?

Is there any csc compiler option, that can produce the code after processing
the macros/preprocessors?

No - C# doesn't *have* macros or a preprocessor. It has "pre-processing
directives" which are named that way because they look similar to C/C++
ones, but there's no actual pre-processor.

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http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
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[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Avin Patel <Av*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Well, It doesn't matter, What you call? MACRO, preprocessor or
*pre-processor directive* Or act like preprocessor. In the end it does the
same job as the C++ pre-processor does.
Not quite - because there's no separate pre-processor step.
So my question is, How can I get the C# code after compiler has done
processing this "pre-processor"?
It doesn't go from non-pre-processed code to pre-processed code.
There's no extra step.
As the C++ compiler has the facility to obtain the C++ code after compiler
has done pre-processing.

That's because C++ has a pre-processor. C# doesn't.

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