Understanding Semantics
Syntax trees describe all the declarations and logic in the source code, and they help you understand the syntactic and lexical structure of a code file. However, there is more to a program than just syntax. The semantics of a program—that is, the way the language rules are applied to produce meaningful results—are necessary to get a complete picture. For example, depending on the context, it is possible that exactly the same textual representation could reference a method or property of an object returned by a local variable, field, or property; invoke shared members; or qualify a type or namespace.
The .NET Compiler Platform includes the Compilation, Symbol, and Semantic model types.
Compilation
A compilation is an ...
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