IL level code debugger

Question

Is there any IL level debugger in form of a VS plugin or standalone application?

Visual studio’s debugger is great, but it allows you to debug on either HLL code lev

Answer 1

The best way to do this is to use ILDASM to disassemble the managed binary, which will generate the IL instructions. Then recompile that IL source code in debug mode using ILASM, when you fire up the Visual Studio debugger you will be able to step through the raw IL.

1. ildasm foo.exe /OUT=foo.exe.il /SOURCE
2. ilasm foo.exe.il /DEBUG

I've written a blog post about this topic at: How to debug Compiler Generated code.