I find it easier to use Reflector than looking at the source - I don't have to work out different coding styles or spacing. Hell, I have access to all the source code that ships out of DevDiv and Windows (with a very good instant internal search) , but I still use Reflector every-day to look at our own source code. It's also a very easy way to see what dependencies types and members have (which given what I've been working on this past year [1], is very important).
[1] http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bclteam/archive/2011/01/19/announcing-portable-library-tools-ctp-justin-van-patten.aspx (Excuse the plug ) -----Original Message----- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Arjang Assadi Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 4:53 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Fwd: Red Gate will be charging $35 for .NET Reflector Same as Silky said, what is used for? On 3 February 2011 11:26, Noon Silk <noonsli...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Joseph Cooney <joseph.coo...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> I'm going back to anakrino. Who's with me? > > I don't understand; what do you people actually use Reflector for all > the time? I've had to use it twice: > > 1) No documentation and hidden functionality regarding the format of > MSMQ correlation Id, so I had to look at the source and find what it > was > 2) For some short period I felt like re-implementing some common > control that was sealed, so I looked at the functionality, but then > realised there was a better way to do what I wanted > > I don't legitimately understand how decompiling is so required. What > are people doing? (Aside from David Kean and the CLR team; though I > admit to being somewhat surprised by that, I would've thought there > would be a different internal strategy there ...) > > >> -- >> >> w: http://jcooney.net >> t: @josephcooney > > -- > Noon Silk > > http://dnoondt.wordpress.com/ (Noon Silk) | > http://www.mirios.com.au:8081 > > > Fancy a quantum lunch? > http://www.mirios.com.au:8081/index.php?title=Quantum_Lunch > > "Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy - the joy > of being this signature." >
