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Viewing CIL Code

In addition to showing the namespaces, types, and members contained in a given assembly,

ildasm.exe also allows you to view the CIL instructions for a given member. For example, if you

were to double-click the Main() method of the Program class, a separate window would display the

underlying CIL (see Figure 1-8).

Figure 1-8.

Viewing the underlying CIL

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Viewing Type Metadata

If you wish to view the type metadata for the currently loaded assembly, press Ctrl+M. Figure 1-9

shows the metadata for the Calc.Add() method.

Figure 1-9.

Viewing type metadata via ildasm.exe