C# 3.0 :Automatic Properties - what would be the name of private variable created by compiler

Question

I was checking the new features of .NET 3.5 and found that in C# 3.0, we can use

public class Person 
{    
 public string FirstName  { get; set; }
 public string LastName  { get; set; }
}

instead of

private string name;

public string Name
{
  get { return name; }
  set { name = value; }
}

If i use the Automatic Properties,what will be the private variable name for Name ? the tutorials on internet says that compiler will automatically create a private variable.So how can i use /access the private variable,if i want to use it in a method in this class ?

Answer 1

As already said: You cannot access the automatically generated variable (without using bad tricks). But I assume you are asking that question because you want to have only a getter, but still want to use automatic properties ... right? In that case you can use this one:

public string FirstName  { get; private set; }

Now you have a private setter and a public getter.