C# get and set, shorthand and access control

Question

class Program
{
    class Ad
    {
        public string _name { private get; set; }
    }

    public static void Main()
    {
        Ad ad = new Ad();
        Console.WriteLine(ad._name = "Name");
    }

}

Code output : "Name" , but _name field's get is private. Why I don't get an error?

Answer 1

I kind of know what you're trying to do. I guess your code is like this:

    class Program
{
    class Ad
    {

        public string _name { private get; set; }


    }

    public static void Main()
    {
        Ad ad = new Ad();
        Console.WriteLine(ad._name = "Name");
        Console.ReadLine();
    }

}

Of course it will work, since you're not actually calling the get of ad._name.

Try this and you'll see:

    class Program
{
    class Ad
    {

        public string _name { private get; set; }


    }

    public static void Main()
    {
        Ad ad = new Ad();
        ad._name = "Name";
        Console.WriteLine(ad._name);
        Console.ReadLine();
    }

}

You'll get the following error: "Error 1 The property or indexer 'ConsoleApplication7.Program.Ad._name' cannot be used in this context because the get accessor is inaccessible ... "

Answer 2

Why I don't get an error?

Because you're writing the result of the assignment . The code string result = ad._name = "Name" will store the result of ad._name = "Name" in the result variable, which is "Name".

So you're not calling the getter, like @Jon addresses .

See 7.13.1 Simple assignment :

The result of a simple assignment expression is the value assigned to the left operand . The result has the same type as the left operand and is always classified as a value.