Default visibility for C# classes and members (fields, methods, etc.)?

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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.

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The access level for class members and struct members, including nested classes and structs, is private by default.

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interfaces default to internal access.

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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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