I have a class with a field that needs to be initialized when the object is initialized, such as a list that needs to be created before objects can be added/removed from it.

public class MyClass1
{
    private List<MyOtherClass> _otherClassList;

    public MyClass1()
    {
        this._otherClasslist = new List<MyOtherClass>();
    }
}


public class MyClass2
{
    private List<MyOtherClass> = new List<MyOtherClass>();

    public MyClass2()
    {
    }
}

What is the difference between these two classes, and why would you choose one method over the other?

I usually set the field in the constructor, as in MyClass1, because I find it easier to be able to look in one place to see all the stuff that happens when the object is being instantiated, but is there any case where it is better to initialize a field directly like in MyClass2?

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