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Call and Callvirt

What is the difference between the CIL instructions "Call" and "Callvirt"?

Solution

  • call is for calling non-virtual, static, or superclass methods, i.e., the target of the call is not subject to overriding. callvirt is for calling virtual methods (so that if this is a subclass that overrides the method, the subclass version is called instead).