>>>I thought MS did not recommend using the underscore prefix for fields.
>>>Do you have a reference to this recommendation?
>>>They certainly don't use if here :http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173118.aspx
>>>
>>>>If you follow standard .NET naming conventions, it isn't an issue at all.
>>>>
>>>>If a variable: customerName
>>>>If a class: CustomerName
>>>>If a field: _customerName
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I was talking about remembering whether a variable is customername, Customername or CustomerName. Craig indicates the IDE helps you.
>>>>>
>>>>>Alex
>>
>>
>>BTW, Here's a link from a friend of mine, who's now a MS employee talking about this very thing...
>>
>>http://10rem.net/articles/net-naming-conventions-and-programming-standards---best-practices
>
>OK. From the link:
>'Class level & private protected variables' (i.e. Fields):
>"Microsoft recommends against the m_ (and the straight _)"
>But he has a point in that for case-insensitive languages relying on Pascal/Camel case to differentiate isn't going to work :-}
>But for C# using the '_' prefix adds nothing......

it easily shows the scope of the variable...