Are there risks to optimizing code in C#?

Question

In the build settings panel of VS2010 Pro, there is a CheckBox with the label \"optimize code\"... of course, I want to check it... but being unusually cautious, I asked my

Answer 1

You would normally use this option in a release build. It's safe and mainstream to do so. There's no reason to be afraid of releasing code with optimizations enabled. Enabling optimization can interfere with debugging which is a good reason to disable it for debug builds.