Short answer, no.
There is a project level switch to turn the generation of XML documentation on/off but it is a complete on/off switch, turing off XML doccumentation will also turn off the generation of the comment stub when you type ''' in the editor. We decided to keep the XML documentation current to enable the full value of the information to be realized, as you work with methods/properties in your code that have XML documentation comments you see that information in the intellisense/tooltip windows just as you do for referenced assemblies.
We've kept a close eye on the performance implications of this also and haven't seen significant problems. If you are seeing something different we'd like to hear about it and as much of the specific characteristics of the project/solution you can share.
thanks
Jay
There is a project level switch to turn the generation of XML documentation on/off but it is a complete on/off switch, turing off XML doccumentation will also turn off the generation of the comment stub when you type ''' in the editor. We decided to keep the XML documentation current to enable the full value of the information to be realized, as you work with methods/properties in your code that have XML documentation comments you see that information in the intellisense/tooltip windows just as you do for referenced assemblies.
We've kept a close eye on the performance implications of this also and haven't seen significant problems. If you are seeing something different we'd like to hear about it and as much of the specific characteristics of the project/solution you can share.
thanks
Jay