Default visibility for C classes and members fields methods etc

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I m trying to find a reference for the default visibility of various aspects of C   Class types  fields  methods  enums  etc   Can someone provide a list of these along with their default visibility  i e   no prefixed modifier

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From MSDN   Top-level types  which are not nested in other types  can only have internal or public accessibility  The default accessibility for these types is internal    Nested types  which are members of other types  can have declared accessibilities as indicated in the following table     Source  Accessibility Levels  C  Reference   December 6th  2017

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All of the information you are looking for can be found here and here  thanks Reed Copsey    From the first link      Classes and structs that are declared directly within a namespace  in other words  that are not nested within other classes or structs  can be either public or internal  Internal is the default if no access modifier is specified             The access level for class members and struct members  including nested classes and structs  is private by default            interfaces default to internal access            Delegates behave like classes and structs  By default  they have internal access when declared directly within a namespace  and private access when nested      From the second link      Top-level types  which are not nested in other types  can only have internal or public accessibility  The default accessibility for these types is internal    And for nested types    Members of    Default member accessibility ----------    ---------------------------- enum          public class         private interface     public struct        private

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By default  the access modifier for a class is internal  That means to say  a class is accessible within the same assembly  But if we want the class to be accessed from other assemblies then it has to be made public

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By default is private  Unless they re nested  classes are internal

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