Lowering Articles

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7/21/2025 • EN

Why Lists are not lowered to a while loop

Explains why C# List foreach loops don't lower to array-style while loops, focusing on version safety and performance semantics.

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Steven Giesel

1/26/2023 • EN

C# Lowering

Explains C# 'lowering' - how high-level syntax like foreach and async is transformed into simpler constructs by the compiler.

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Steven Giesel

5/25/2017 • EN

Lowering in the C# Compiler (and what happens when you misuse it)

Explains the compiler technique 'lowering' in C# (Roslyn), showing how high-level code is transformed into simpler constructs, with examples of misuse.

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Matt Warren

Lowering Articles

Why Lists are not lowered to a while loop

C# Lowering

Lowering in the C# Compiler (and what happens when you misuse it)

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