Why is internal protected not more restrictive than internal?

Question

I\'d like to create an internal auto-property:

internal bool IP { get; protected internal set; }

I thought it would be possible to make the

Answer 1

At the .NET level, there are two similar but distinct access levels:

• FamilyAndAssembly: more restrictive than either protected or internal
• FamilyOrAssembly: less restrictive than either protected or internal

"protected internal" in C# means FamilyOrAssembly; there's no modifier for FamilyAndAssembly.

So, your protected internal setter is less restrictive than the internal overall property. What you could do is:

protected internal bool IP { internal get; set; }

But then your setter is less restricted than your getter, which is odd...

Another (somewhat equivalent) alternative is:

internal bool IP { get; set; }

protected void SetIP(bool ip)
{
    this.IP = ip;
}