Not used reference assemblies

[Vadym Stetsyak]

Hi there

I am building an assembly Asm1, and it has references to Asm2 and Asm3.
(/reference: Asm2.dll Asm3.dll)

In Asm1 I am using types only from Asm2. The question is will CLR loader
load Asm3?
I assume that assemblies are loaded only when we reference to the type that
assembly contains

 

[Cezary Nolewajka]

Even better than that.

Assemblies are loaded, when a type defined in an assembly is instantiated or
used. Then, the JIT compiler compiles the adaquate portion of the assembly
IL.

Cezary Nolewajka
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[Vadym Stetsyak]

So there is the possibility that Asm3 won't be at all and the application
won't crush

Even better than that.

Assemblies are loaded, when a type defined in an assembly is instantiated or
used. Then, the JIT compiler compiles the adaquate portion of the assembly
IL.

Cezary Nolewajka
mailto:[email protected]
remove all "no-sp-am-eh"s to reply

 

[Cezary Nolewajka]

You are absolutely right. If a type from an assembly is not used - it's not
even loaded and does not have to be present. Did a simple test.

The framework looks for the assembly file, when it's going to use a
type/code from the assembly. If it's not found (at runtime) then
FileNotFound exception is thrown.

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Cezary Nolewajka
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So there is the possibility that Asm3 won't be at all and the application
won't crush

Even better than that.

Assemblies are loaded, when a type defined in an assembly is

instantiated