Question

For those of you that use the underscore prefix for private class members in C# (i.e. private int _count;), what do you use for private constants? I’m thinking the following but am curious as to what others are doing.

private const int _MaxCount;

Answer 1

Well, private is private, so chose the convention you like best. I personally use PascalCasing, e.g:

private const int SomeConstant = 42;

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This is what MSDN has to say about it:

The naming guidelines for fields apply to static public and protected fields. You should not define public or protected instance fields:

• Do use Pascal casing in field names.
• Do name fields with nouns or noun phrases.
• Do not use a prefix for field names. For example, do not use g_ or s_ to distinguish static versus non-static fields.