Why can't I have auto-implemented Read-only properties

Question

This is allowed:

Public Property Text() As String

Whereas for a read-only property why aren\'t I allowed an equivalent?

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Answer 1

It is now supported in VB14 (Visual Studio 2015 and later). Auto-implemented properties can be initialized with initialization expressions:

Public ReadOnly Property Text1 As String = "SomeText"
Public ReadOnly Property Text2 As String = InitializeMyText()

or in the constructor:

Public ReadOnly Property Text As String

Public Sub New(text As String)
    Me.Text = text
End Sub

Details:

• Auto-Implemented Properties (Visual Basic):