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Public Fields versus Automatic Properties

I figured this would be answered someplace, but I’m not finding it in the usual places. I was wondering, what is the benefit of doing this

private int _foo;
public int foo {get {return _foo;} set{_foo = value;}}

or

public int foo {get; set;}

over just

public int foo;

I can see the benefit if more complex manipulation was required, but what is the benefit for a simple case like this?

Answer 1

This question was asked many times here.
There is no clear benefit evidence fo these cases (no logic inside property).
Would say more, that using a field, you get some minimal (nano) speed benefit, but not relevant for 99.99% cases.

The guideline defined by MS suggests using properties, for expandibility and maintanability of your code. So following that guideline make easier work for someone that not familiar with the code to reading it.