Why is the default of an access modifier "protected" in .NET?

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Unless I'm wrong, the default when a modifier of a class is not defined, for example, is assumed to be protected :

class LoremIpsum {
    ...
}

Is there any special reason for this? which?

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asked by anonymous 03.06.2014 / 23:34

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The default access modifier for a class is not protected . This is internal .

The default access modifier for a method in a class is private .

According to Jon Skeet's response, this is due to the security of the language that prevails because of the greatest restriction possible.

There are more:

Namespaces are public by default;
Interfaces are internal by default, but their members are < a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/yzh058ae.aspx"> public ;
Types are internal by default;
Members of struct are private by default;
Enums are internal by default, with their members always < a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/yzh058ae.aspx"> public ;

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