Document dangers and support policy for private reflection

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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25/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by reading the discussion in dotnet/runtime#111584, especially the linked comment that prompted this issue, and review the existing documentation on private reflection. Done means documenting its dangers and the supported policy clearly enough that readers can understand the risks and intended support level.

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Description

area-System.Reflection documentation

This falls into the same category as dangers of private reflection that are not particularly well documented either.

Originally posted by @jkotas in https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/pull/111584#discussion_r1936044553

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