Is there compile-time access to line numbers in C#?

Question

I\'m writing a C# program using Visual Studio 2010 where I want to write out certain events to a log file and include the line number the code was on when that happened.

Answer 1

In my opinion, line numbers are the wrong approach. Let me explain:

How unique is line number 175? Even if you find a solution, the next question is: which file was it? And it will repeat: if you know the file, you'll ask yourself: which version of the file was it? And you'll integrate the revision number of your source control system. Once you did that, the question will come up: who was calling that code.

If you're debugging an exception, use a debugger and break on first chance exceptions.

If you're analyzing a performance issue, line numbers don't matter, anything unique will do. Try a memory profiler.

If your methods are too long to identify the problems, refactor your code and make the methods shorter. With short methods, you can use an AOP framework like PostSharp with its logging aspect to achieve at least the CallerMemberName feature. It's available down to .NET 2.0 and it's very easy to add logging and remove logging, not like deleting single lines in your code.