properties in C#

Question

Why are we able to write

public int RetInt
{
   get;set;
}

instead of

public int RetInt
{
   get{return someInt;}set{someI         


        

Answer 1

These are auto implemented properties. Please see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb384054.aspx for more info.

Basic reason why these were introduced was to reduce the overhead of programmer of creating a private variable like someInt which had little use than being used in a property.