C# Compiler Suggestion: Don't Reload Domains when IL is Unchanged

Very often while waiting for the domain to reload, I'll notice a stray comment, fix formatting, or generally cleanup the code I just wrote. Naturally, this triggers another domain reload, which is frustrating. I have to be very careful not to touch C# files too often.

However, in many cases the generated IL hasn't changed, and we shouldn't need to perform a domain reload in these cases. I would guess that caching the IL and performing this check would cut out about 20% of the domain reloads I wait through in normal development.

The downside is that you would no longer be able to force a domain reload by changing whitespace in a file (for debugging). Realistically, though, it's more sensible to address this need with some sort of dedicated 'reload domains' button in the menus.

 

Seconded.

 

Thirded.