Accessing a non-static member via Lazy<T> or any lambda expression

Question

I have this code:

public class MyClass {     public int X { get; set; }     public int Y { get; set; }      private Lazy<int> lazyGetSum = new Lazy<int>(new Func<int>(() => X + Y));     public int Sum{ get { return lazyGetSum.Value; } }  } 

Gives me this error:

A field initializer cannot reference the non-static field, method, or property.

I think it is very reasonable to access a non-static member via lazy, how to do this?

* EDIT *

The accepted answer solves the problem perfectly, but to see the detailed and in-depth -as always- reason of the problem you can read Joh Skeet's answer.

Answer 1

You can move it into constructor:

private Lazy<int> lazyGetSum; public MyClass() {    lazyGetSum = new Lazy<int>(new Func<int>(() => X + Y)); } 

See @JohnSkeet answer below for more details about the reason of the problem. Accessing a non-static member via Lazy<T> or any lambda expression