Why are my privates accessible?

Question

I have the following code:

public class PersonInitializer
{
    private Person _person;

    public static Person LoadFromFile(string path)
    {
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Answer 1

From the documentation:

Private members are accessible only within the body of the class or the struct in which they are declared.

Since LoadFromFile is within the body of the class where _person is declared, it has access to it. There's nothing you can do about that, since

Private access is the least permissive access level.