Wow - running NUnit tests on the client? I usually put those in the build process...
Anyway... To be honest, I'm not completely sure: it might be a bad thing to do in most situations, but there's one scenario in which it might help: I would expect to see an improvement in startup time after a fresh download if you use MultiDomain, because the results of all the JIT compilation done for running the unit tests can then be used straight away in the main AppDomain. Without this LoaderOptimization setting, you'd end up doing all the JIT compilation twice. However, in the case where there is no new code, I would just expect it to slow things down very slightly. So if you expect there to be no new code most times the application is launched, this attribute would probably hinder you rather than helping you. Worse, even in the case mentioned above, although the setting might help your load times in the cases where new code is available, it might still slow things down in the long run even in those cases. That said, I would recommend performing real timing tests against all of these. It might be that the slowdowns caused by using sharable code are essentially undetectable in your application. (The differences between sharable code and AppDomain-specific code are not all that big.) If this turns out to be the case, and you also discover that the load time savings on the 'new code available' case *are* noticeable, then maybe it would be best to enable this. (What a long winded way of saying "I don't know. Why don't you time it?" that was!) -- Ian Griffiths DevelopMentor > -----Original Message----- > From: Marc Brooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > All that this attribute does is shares JITed code across > > appdomains. > > So my question is this... if I have a "stub" EXE that does the AppUpdater > autoupdate thing, and also uses NUnit to validate that the updated version > is good (and rollback if not), both of which use extra AppDomains, do I > get > a benefit from using this hint? =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentorŪ http://www.develop.com Some .NET courses you may be interested in: Guerrilla ASP.NET, 10 Nov 2003 in London and 26 Jan 2004, in Los Angeles http://www.develop.com/courses/gaspdotnet Guerrilla .NET, 8 Dec 2003, in Los Angeles http://www.develop.com/courses/gdotnet View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
