为什么字段本身不能像属性那样具有 getter/setter？

Question

I'm a C# beginner, so easy explanations are greatly appreciated. I was learning about properties, and got this question: properties give custom access logic to fields, but why can't the field itself contain its getter/setter? In other words, is there a reason why we can't get rid of Example and write custom get/setters under example(field)?

I could not find other posts that answer my question.

class MyClass
{
   private int example = 5;
   public int Example
       {
            get;
            private set;
       }
   // here, this Example property only acts as a gateway for example.
   // why is it not possible for the field 'example' to contain the 
   // get/set?
}

Answer 1

Property is an interface to Class, and not always is about storing data, you can always make the variable public member and will work perfectly like property, but the property has its own main job to work as an interface for that value with other classes. While in many cases the property just works as public parameters, it is not always meant to be used in that way.