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title: "Discussion on \"Obfuscating source-generated code: why System.Text.Json contexts, [GeneratedRegex] and [LoggerMessage] survive renaming — and the one name they leak\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"Obfuscating source-generated code: why System.Text.Json contexts, [GeneratedRegex] and [LoggerMessage] survive renaming — and the one name they leak\". A source generator is a compiler plugin that reads your code and emits more code into the same compilation. By the time the C# compiler finishes, the generated files are just part of your assembly — s"
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# [Obfuscating source-generated code: why System.Text.Json contexts, \[GeneratedRegex\] and \[LoggerMessage\] survive renaming — and the one name they leak](https://delta1labs.hashnode.dev/obfuscating-source-generated-code-why-systemtextjson-contexts-generatedregex-and-loggermessage-survi?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

A source generator is a compiler plugin that reads your code and emits more code into the same compilation. By the time the C# compiler finishes, the generated files are just part of your assembly — s

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