CSharp - Private members are also inherited

Introduction

Are private members also inherited?

The following code shows that private members are also inherited.

using System;

class A
{
    private int a;
}
class B : A { }

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        B obB = new B();
        A obA = new A();
        //This is a proof that a is also inherited. See the error  message
        Console.WriteLine(obB.a);//A.a is inaccessible due to its protection level 
        Console.WriteLine(obB.b);//'B' does not contain a definition for 'b' and no extension
        Console.WriteLine(obA.b);//'A' does not contain a definition 
    }
}

Note

We have encountered two different types of errors: CS0122 and CS1061.

Error	Meaning
CS0122	A.a is inaccessible due to its protection level. It indicates that the private member a from class A is inherited in the child class B.
CS1061	field is not present.

CSharp - Private members are also inherited

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