Debug.WriteLine in release build

Question

Is there a way to use Debug.WriteLine in a release build without defining DEBUG?

Answer 1

While you still have to define DEBUG - you don't have to do it assembly wide. You can define it only in the source files that you want. So if you want debug logging from a particular class you can define DEBUG just for that source file.

#define DEBUG
using System.Diagnostics;

...

class Logger
{
    void Log( string msg ){ Debug.WriteLine( msg ); }
}