Using [assembly: System.Runtime.CompilerServices.InternalsVisibleTo("System.Windows")] To expose Internal properties

Question

Ok so I had a qustion awhile back regarding Silverlight 4 Data Binding with anonymous types, one of the answers was to use [assembly: System.Runtime.CompilerServices.InternalsVisibleTo("System.Windows")] in your AssemblyInfo.cs file.

I tried this and it works!
I know I'm making all my internal properties classes and methods visible to the System.Windows Assembley. But what kind of risk is this with the following in mind:

The product is a hosted silverlight based web application, so it wont be distributed.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Well, actually it will be distributed to every client that accesses it, but that is not the point.

Information hiding is primarily a API design concern. If allowing a framework assembly to peek into your assemblies in order to facilitate your development I see no problems with it.

No one is going to be able to backdoor you if that is what you are worried about.