by Oliver
27. January 2011 22:50
As I just read here on msdn, the modifiers protected and internal are orthogonal as in that they can be specified in all combinations and are combined with a logical OR. This means: protected members are accessible from inheriting classes internal members are accessible from classes within the same assembly protected internal classes are accessible from inheriting classes and all classes from the same assembly The last option is maybe the most unclear – but just imagine a subclass defined in a different assembly and you’ll see what this might be good for :-) Happy Coding, Oliver