Is this right?

[R_O_O_K]

Hi!

If the static Main method belongs to some class should it have access to
the class' private members? IMHO it shouldn't be so. Does anyone know
what the C# spec says? Here is a code example that compiles fine on
VC# 2002.

class Class1
{
[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Class1 cls = new Class1();
Form frm = new Form();
PrintPreviewCon trol ppv = new PrintPreviewCon trol();
ppv.Parent = frm;
ppv.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
frm.Show();

PrintDocument doc = new PrintDocument() ;
ppv.Document = doc;

// here's the call to cls' private member
doc.PrintPage += new PrintPageEventH andler(cls.OnPr intPage);



Application.Run (frm);
}
private void OnPrintPage(obj ect obj, PrintPageEventA rgs ppea)
{
}
}


Regards!
Micha³ Ziemski

[Jon Skeet]

Re: Is this right?

R_O_O_K <rook@roo.k.p l> wrote:[color=blue]
> If the static Main method belongs to some class should it have access to
> the class' private members?[/color]

Yes, it should.
[color=blue]
> IMHO it shouldn't be so.[/color]

That would make life very tricky - how would Equals be implemented in
most cases, for example?
[color=blue]
> Does anyone know what the C# spec says?[/color]

From 10.5.2:

<quote>
Private, which is selected by including a private modifier in the
member declaration. The intuitive meaning of private is "access limited
to the containing type".
</quote>

Here, Main is in the containing type, so has access to the member.

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