Methods that should be declared as 'public' in C#, 'Public' in VB.NET

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// <Name>Methods that should be declared as 'public' in C#, 'Public' in VB.NET</Name>

from m in Application.Methods where 
  m.ShouldBePublic
let usedInAssemblies = m.MethodsCallingMe.ParentAssemblies().Except(m.ParentAssembly)
select new {
   m, 
   m.ParentAssembly,
   usedInAssemblies,
   m.MethodsCallingMe
}

//<Desc>
// Lists *internal* methods consumed outside their assembly thanks to
// *System.Runtime.CompilerServices.InternalsVisibleToAttribute*, via the
// property *NDepend.CodeModel.IMember.ShouldBePublic*:
// https://www.ndepend.com/api/NDepend.CodeModel.IMember.html#NDepend_CodeModel_IMember_ShouldBePublic
//
// A query (not a rule): it informs that the code relies on the peculiar
// *InternalsVisibleToAttribute* behavior, not that methods should be public.
//</Desc>

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Visibility: all 12 items

• Methods that could have a lower visibility ND1800
• Types that could have a lower visibility ND1801
• Fields that could have a lower visibility ND1802
• Types that could be declared as private, nested in a parent type ND1803
• Avoid publicly visible constant fields ND1804
• Fields should be declared as private or protected ND1805
• Constructors of abstract classes should be declared as protected or private ND1806
• Avoid public methods not publicly visible ND1807
• Event handler methods should be declared as private or protected ND1808
• Wrong usage of CannotDecreaseVisibilityAttribute ND1809
• Exception classes should be declared as public ND1810
• Methods that should be declared as 'public' in C#, 'Public' in VB.NET