Auto-property initializers
Automatic properties is good feature in C# as we don’t have to declare variables for property values in our code. Instead we move this responsibility to compiler that automatically generated hidden backing field for property. New C# solves another problem – assigning default values to automatic properties when object is created.
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Moving to auto-property initializer
Now let's see how to assign value to Dummy property without using constructor for this.
But what about read-only auto-property? Is it supported? Try out and see.
Why it works? Auto-property has always backing field available although we don't see it in IDE. If we disassemble built library and remove pdb-file then we can see that there is hidden field that is internally used by .NET Framework. Assigning value to auto-property means assigning value to backing field.
References
- Auto-property initializers in C# (Gunnar Peipman)