When to use preprocessor directives in .net?

Question

I think this is a simple question so I assume I\'m missing something obvious. I don\'t really ever use preprocessor directives but I was looking at someone\'s code which di

Answer 1

I would actually recommend using the Conditional Attribute instead of inline #if statements.

[Conditional("DEBUG")]
private void DeleteTempProcessFiles()
{
}

Not only is this cleaner and easier to read since you don't end up having #if, #else within your code. This style is less prone to errors either during normal code edits and well as logic flow errors.