C# code analyser

[Arta]

Does anyone know of a good C# code analyser? Like CodeSurfer, but for C#.

TIA.

[MyndFyre]

I haven't heard of anything like that.  The closest I can think of would be FxCop, but that's not a code analysis tool, it's a binary analysis tool, and it only verifies that you're complying with best practices.

If you'd like to write one, I may be interested in participating.  ;-)

[Arta]

hmm, perhaps in the future. I'm concentrating on analysing machine code at the moment. Thanks for the info

[FrOzeN]

ANTS Profiler does what you need, though, it costs $295. But it does have a 14 day trial.

[Maddox]

hmm, perhaps in the future. I'm concentrating on analysing machine code at the moment. Thanks for the info

C# compiled into machine code? WHERE?!

[Arta]

err, nowhere that I know of! The c# thing was a little side job, not related to the machine code stuff.

[K]

hmm, perhaps in the future. I'm concentrating on analysing machine code at the moment. Thanks for the info

C# compiled into machine code? WHERE?!

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/6t9t5wcf.aspx

[Maddox]

hmm, perhaps in the future. I'm concentrating on analysing machine code at the moment. Thanks for the info

C# compiled into machine code? WHERE?!

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/6t9t5wcf.aspx

Nice!

[shout]

When I get home I shall play around with this and IDA for a while. Note this is on the schools VS.NET 2003.


(Sorry about crappy image hosting site)

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[MyndFyre]

You shouldn't ngen the image as IIRC it becomes impossible to debug.  Once you're done with development you can run it, but it's not a good idea to do it post-every-build.

Alternatively, on 2.0, you can enable the .NET Native Image Generator service.

[shout]

There is a /debug option... I would think it would allow you to debug. If not they need to name stuff better.