.NET and assembly

[Sirrius]

Is there a way to write up a littl C code in .NET or V6 and be able to look at the assembly code that it produced after it compiled?

[ZoogieZork]

Easy -- set a breakpoint at the beginning of the code you want to view the assembly for, execute the program in debug mode, then when the breakpoint is triggered, right-click on the statement and select "Go To Disassembly". (This is for VS.NET 2K3). - Mike

[Blake Coverett]

Michael's answer works fine. Alternatively, add the /Fa switch when you compile and .asm files will be generated that you can browse through with your favorite editor. I often find this more convenient. -- -Blake (com/bcdev/blake)

[Beer26]

I have a related question, I still haven't gotten around to using managed C++ code so I still no next to nothing about dotnet aside from it's java like qualities, but i do know some assembly from reading books and so forth. What format is .NET IL assembly in? is it MASM assembly, or a new type of assembly with different macros+syntax or what?

[Blake Coverett]

At a basic layout level IL syntax looks somewhat like other assembly syntax in that it is line based, has directives that start with a dot, labels at the left, then a short opcode, then arguments, typically rendered in aligned columns. From there is goes on to completely unlike MASM (or any other physical machine assembly) in that the opcodes are stack based, strongly typed, and at a much higher level of abstraction than even CISC assembly. No macros or the like as ILASM is not designed to be written by humans so there's no purpose for such things. -- -Blake (com/bcdev/blake)