Getter property is run without anyone calling it
c#, getter
Solution
Firstly, making a property accessor change the state is generally a bad idea. The most it should do is lazily initialize something - or possibly give a volatile value (like `DateTime.Now` does).
Secondly, you're probably seeing this if you're running under the debugger - it accesses properties while you're stepping through code. That would probably explain why the breakpoint wasn't being hit, too.
Problem
I'm working in .net 3.5. I have a class "A" which has a stack and a getter property which, when called, removes the first item in the stack and retrieves the next one. After initializing the class, I saw that the getter works without being called, and removes the top item in the stack, thus giving me bad results. A breakpoint in the getter did not show anyone passing through it. When I change the property to a function, the stack is returned ok. I'd be happy if someone could explain why is that. Here is the simplified class: ``` public class A { private Stack<string> Urls; public A(string title, string[] array) { Urls = new Stack<string>(); foreach (string s in array) { Urls.Push(s); } } public string Url { get { return Urls.Peek(); } } public string NextUrl { get{ if (Urls.Count > 1) { Urls.Pop(); } return Urls.Peek(); }; } } ```