visual studio 2008 - VB.NET Auto-Implemented Properties - Compatibility between VS2010 and VS2008 -

i working on asp.net project use vb.net within visual studio 2010. of other developers on project using visual studio 2008. check our code single svn repository. start using auto-implemented properties within vb.net ...

property firstname string 

instead of ...

private firstname string   public property firstname() string       return _firstname   end   set(byval value string)     _firstname = value   end set end property 

my concern mess things using vs2008. happen if using vs2008 needed modify class made use of auto-implemented properties? assuming since compiles down il code there no issue in binary compatibility. though problem arise when editing source. correct or mistaken on this? thank you.

they compilation error

property missing 'end property'.

property without 'readonly' or 'writeonly' specifier must provide both 'get' , 'set'.