When we define types without placing a “public” or a “private” keyword at the front of the statement, is the associated variable public or private. For example, in:
Camera viewCamera;
RaycastHit m_hit;
Is viewCamera and m_hit a private or is it some other third state?
Ok, since no one is answering, let me ask the question differently:
Does
RaycastHit mHit;
behave differently to
private RaycastHit mHit; ???
Hi,
The default access modifier in C# is private for a class member, internal for a class.
public class Example
{
int aNumber; // private member variable of type int
private int anotherNumber; // also a private member variable of type int
public string excitingNewType; // public member variable of type string (for variety)
}
class AnotherExample // internal access modifier
{
}
In the code example you posted, there is also another clue, the variable has a “m_” prefix. This is a little bit old school perhaps, but was used to designate member variables, member variables are typically private and may be exposed with properties, or, only used within methods.
Personally, I find not specifying access modifiers, even though not always necessary, to be a little lazy and, as demonstrated here, can lead to confusion.
Hope this helps 
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