Benefits of 'Optimize code' option in Visual Studio build

Question

Much of our C# release code is built with the \'Optimize code\' option turned off. I believe this is to allow code built in Release mode to be debugged more easily.

Answer 1

The optimizations done by the compiler are fairly low level and shouldn't affect your users' experience.

If you'd like to quantify the optimization on your application, simply profile a non-optimized and an optimized build and compare the results.