Is there any benefit to declaring a private property with a getter and setter?
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I am reviewing another developer's code and he has written a lot of code for class level variables that is similar to the following:
    /// <summary>
    /// how often to check for messages
    /// </summary>
    private int CheckForMessagesMilliSeconds { get; set; }
    /// <summary>
    /// application path
    /// </summary>
    private string AppPath { get; set; }
Doesn't coding this way add unnecessary overhead since the variable is private?
Am I not considering a situation where this pattern of coding is required for private variables?
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