Allow internal types to be selected as object data source for binding
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Description
### Environment
Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise 2022 (64-bit) - Version 17.9.6
### .NET version
.NET 8
### Did this work in a previous version of Visual Studio and/or previous .NET release?
Nope
### Issue description
We are unable to select internal types as a `DataSource` for binding. Our company policy is to have all non-customer-facing public APIs set to internal and make them internally available within the company using the `InternalsVisibleTo` project element.
As a current workaround, we temporarily set the access modifier of the classes to `public`, and then revert them back to `internal` after selecting the type in question. However, this can become cumbersome with larger view models that have multiple layers of `internal` classes, where the `public` modifier has to cascade to every dependency.
### Steps to reproduce
1. Create a new .NET 8 WinForms project
2. Create a `internal` class with a `public` property for data binding
3. Add a control to the Form supporting data binding
4. Attempt to set the `DataSource` (or `DataContext`) of the control to the `internal` class using the "Add and update object data sources" tool
5. Observe an empty list
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