Normally it doesn’t make sense to do it this way.
That said, could a c# console app also act as a class library?
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Normally it doesn’t make sense to do it this way.
That said, could a c# console app also act as a class library?
Yes, it can. As long as it has public types or
[assembly:InternalsVisibleTo(...)].In VS2005 the IDE was reluctant to allow you to reference an exe, but this is no longer the case. Just add a reference and specify the exe (or the project).
Ultimately, it is just an assembly; the PE header / loader is minimal and is not of significant note to the file, hence the fact of it being an exe is virtually irrelevant.
Note that
Main()(the entry-point) won’t be invoked when using an exe as a library.