Roslyn is the new compiler from Microsoft. It represents not only a rewrite of the compilers but also a reimagining of the compilation process in general. In the past, compiling code was a black box. Lines of code went in and a compiled assembly came out, or perhaps a slew of error messages. You could not interrupt this process to get access to any of the intermediate steps. All this changed with Roslyn. Figure 4-1 shows the steps Roslyn takes to compile code and identifies the APIs used to interact with the results at each stage.
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4. An Introduction to Roslyn
Nick Harrison1
(1)Lexington, South Carolina, USA
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