C# dynamic type gotcha

Question

I just ran into the strangest thing and I\'m a bit mind = blown at the moment...

The following program compiles fine but when you run it you get a <

Answer 1

I guess, at runtime, container method calls are just resolved in the private Empty class, which makes your code fail. As far as I know, dynamic can not be used to access private members (or public members of private class)

This should (of course) work :

var num0 = ((IContainer)container).Value;

Here, it is class Empty which is private : so you can not manipulate Empty instances outside of the declaring class (factory). That's why your code fails.

If Empty were internal, you would be able to manipulate its instances accross the whole assembly, (well, not really because Factory is private) making all dynamic calls allowed, and your code work.