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Asked: May 14, 20262026-05-14T16:45:36+00:00 2026-05-14T16:45:36+00:00

When defining a class as internal, do you define what would usually be public

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When defining a class as internal, do you define what would usually be public fields as internal? Or do you leave them as public? I have a set of classes with public/private methods that I have decided to set as internal. Now, should I change the class’ modifier to internal and let the rest of the methods/properties as they are (public/private) or switch them to (internal/private)?

I don’t see a big point in changing it to internal, and if by some reason later I want to set them back to public it’s going to give a lot of work to have to put them back to public again.

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    2026-05-14T16:45:37+00:00Added an answer on May 14, 2026 at 4:45 pm

    I can’t see any reason not to leave them as public, as your class won’t be visible to outside assemblies anyway. The only case where I think this might matter is when using reflection over that class.

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