Generating assembly code from C# code?

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#?

C# is normally compiled to the .NET bytecode (called [CIL or MSIL](

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) ("Just In Time") compiled to native code when the program is actually run. There exist ahead of time compilers for C# like [Mono's AOT](

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), so you could possibly compile a C# program through one of those and then disassemble it. The result is likely to be very difficult to follow.

More likely, you may want to look at the bytecodes which are somewhat higher level than a CPU's assembly code, which you can do by using [ILdasm](

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) on a compiled `.exe` of a C# program.

C# code compiles into MSIL (MS Intermediate Language) which is actually not really asm-code you get from C compiler. Read more about about how .NET Framework applications run.

If you want to look at generated IL code see [this question][1].


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You can do this in a bit of an indirect way using the [NGEN][1] tool and then disassemble the binary that is produced. Alternatively you can use a debugger to inspect the JIT code created from the MSIL, [Ollydbg 2][2] is one such debugger able to do this.


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You can use [BenchmarkDotNet][1] 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:
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