Why doesn't c# have Friend keyword like VB.Net

I'm just curious, why did give VB.Net a Friend keyword but not C#?

Nov 15 '05 #1

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Who says it doesn't? I believe the equivalent is 'internal'.
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I'm just curious, why did give VB.Net a Friend keyword but not C#?

Nov 15 '05 #2

Nick Harris

Because C# uses more c-like terminology. See "Protected Internal"

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I'm just curious, why did give VB.Net a Friend keyword but not C#?

Nov 15 '05 #3

Daniel Pratt

Hi Steve,

"Steve" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I'm just curious, why did give VB.Net a Friend keyword but not C#?

VB: Friend ~= C#: internal

Regards,
Dan

Nov 15 '05 #4

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Steve,
*Friend* keyword in VB is not the same as *friend* in c++. .NET doesn't
support *friend visibility* and it is not a matter of language. VB *Friend*
is equivalent to *internal* in c#

B\rgds
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"Steve" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I'm just curious, why did give VB.Net a Friend keyword but not C#?

Nov 15 '05 #5

Peter Rilling

I would say C# is more like C++ then C. C++ had a friend concept.

"Nick Harris" <nh*****@VizSoft.net> wrote in message
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Because C# uses more c-like terminology. See "Protected Internal"

Nick Harris, MCSD
http://www.VizSoft.net

"Steve" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I'm just curious, why did give VB.Net a Friend keyword but not C#?

Nov 15 '05 #6

Matthew W. Jackson

Yes, C++ had a friend concept, and this is exactly why it isn't called
"friend" in C#---so it wouldn't confuse C++ programmers who would expect
friend to work like it does in C++.

Friend in VB.NET works like Friend in VB6, which is also how internal works
in C#.

And to Nick: I wouldn't say "protected internal" is the same as VB's
"Friend" because VB.NET also has a combination of "Friend" and
"Protected" --- "Protected Friend".

--Matthew W. Jackson

"Peter Rilling" <pe***@nospam.rilling.net> wrote in message
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I would say C# is more like C++ then C. C++ had a friend concept.

"Nick Harris" <nh*****@VizSoft.net> wrote in message
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Because C# uses more c-like terminology. See "Protected Internal"

Nick Harris, MCSD
http://www.VizSoft.net

"Steve" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I'm just curious, why did give VB.Net a Friend keyword but not C#?

Nov 15 '05 #7

Steve

X-No-archive: yes
thanks guys, I re-read the docs; it is the same as c# internal.

Nov 15 '05 #8

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