Question

What happens if a dll is already loaded by w3wp.exe and we replace it?

Of course we can replace a dll since asp.net uses a cached version of Bin folder DLLs, but I want to know if upon replacing a dll it will load the new one or it wait until next recycling or when there’s no new request.

EDIT: DLL contains a singleton class

Answer 1

From MSDN:

If you change the .dll and write a new
version of it to the Bin folder,
ASP.NET detects the update and uses
the new version of the .dll for new
page requests from then on.