Question

I have a piece of code in my program that distinguishes compiler-generated classes by checking whether they contain “DisplayClass” in its type name.
upon reading this answer, I think I need a better way. How to distingush compiler-generated classes from user classes in .NET?

Answer 1

Check classes for attribute CompilerGenerated to distinguish compiler generated classes from other

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.runtime.compilerservices.compilergeneratedattribute.aspx

In reflector those Display classes can be seen like this:

[CompilerGenerated]
private sealed class <>c__DisplayClass1
{..}