Private 'set' in C# - having trouble wrapping my brain around it

Question

I\'ve seen a lot of example code written using something like (please forgive how horribly canned this is):

public class Test
{
   public object Thingy { get; pr         


        

Answer 1

This is just laziness that comes about from auto-properties. Before auto properties were around, people would implement the getter and omit the setter for properties which are meant to be read-only.

public class Test
{
   private /*readonly*/ Type _thingy;
   public Type Thingy { get { return _thingy; } }
}

Hopefully, C# 5 will allow you to create auto-properties with a getter only - because that's what everyone wants. (They should make readonly setters in auto-props too, I need that badly)