Compiler in a managed application context

A method, implemented at a computer system that includes one or more processors for compiling code at runtime, the method comprising:

• executing a managed application at the computer system;
• and
• during execution of the managed application at the computer system:
• acquiring code that is to be executed by and during runtime of the managed application;
• identifying a code fragment comprising a subset of the acquired code;
• identifying runtime metadata representing a current context of the managed application;
• mapping the runtime metadata to native compiler symbols of a compile-time compiler that is configured to generate native code;
• passing the native compiler symbols and the code fragment to the compile-time compiler for compilation of the code fragment within the context of the native compiler symbols;
• intercepting an intermediate representation of the code fragment from the compile-time compiler;
• and
• executing the intermediate representation of the code fragment within the managed application.

A computer program product comprising one or more physical storage devices having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computer system, cause the computer system to implement a method for compiling code at runtime, the method comprising:

• executing a managed application at the computer system;
• and
• during execution of the managed application at the computer system:
• acquiring code that is to be executed by and during runtime of the managed application;
• identifying a code fragment comprising a subset of the acquired code;
• identifying runtime metadata representing a current context of the managed application;
• mapping the runtime metadata to native compiler symbols of a compile-time compiler that is configured to generate native code;
• passing the native compiler symbols and the code fragment to the compile-time compiler for compilation of the code fragment within the context of the native compiler symbols;
• intercepting an intermediate representation of the code fragment from the compile-time compiler;
• and
• executing the intermediate representation of the code fragment within the managed application.