Re: @property - take it behind the woodshed and shoot it?

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On Friday, 25 January 2013 at 05:35:19 UTC, kenji hara wrote:

module abc;
@property int foo(int n);

void main() {
  foo = 1;  // top-level property setter
  1.foo;  // property getter with UFCS
}

We cannot distinguish the two usages without adding any new features.

Kenji Hara

"1.foo" must be compile error here. Makes as much sense as

int a;
void main() {
    1.a;
}

Property must behave exactly like data or it is not a property.