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Arnthor
Arnthor

Reputation: 2623

System.Web.Razor vs System.Web.WebPages.Razor

What exactly is each of these assemblies used for? I just noticed that ASP.NET project seems to be working absolutely fine, when reference to System.Web.Razor is deleted.

As it seems not mandatory for application to function, is it safe to remove it?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 2004

Answers (1)

Darin Dimitrov
Darin Dimitrov

Reputation: 1038710

Both assemblies are part of the Razor implementation. System.Web.WebPages.Razor has a reference to System.Web.Razor. You have removed it as reference from your project but your application only works because this assembly is in the GAC. Otherwise it wouldn't. So both are actually required to be present at runtime.

Upvotes: 7

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