CannotResolveSymbol said:
dpratt71 said:
*snip*
I'm assuming you mean like this: 

class Foo { 
public IEnumerable<Object> TheCollection { get; private set; }
private List<Object> underlyingCollection;

public Foo() {
underlyingCollection = new List<Object>();
TheCollection = (IEnumerable<Object>) underlyingCollection; 
}
}

In this case, your collection isn't actually read-only.  A user of your library can cast TheCollection back to List<Object> and modify the contents of the list, which is bad in most situations (since you're directly accessing a private data member).
I'm sorry, that's not what I meant (for the reason you stated). I meant only change the type of the public "TheCollection" property.