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There's an extension to the conditional concept that shows up in Whidbey. It's not in Beta1 (well, to be more correct, it doesn't really work in beta 1), but it will be functional in beta2.

If you put a conditional attribute on an attribute definition, that instructs the compiler to only place that attribute in the assembly if the symbol is defined. This allows you to have "debug only" attributes that don't take up space in your release assemblies.