On Thursday, 21 November 2013 at 13:04:21 UTC, John Colvin wrote:
On Thursday, 21 November 2013 at 03:14:30 UTC, Manu wrote:
It would be nice to have a commitment on @property.
Currently, () is optional on all functions, and @property
means nothing.
I personally think () should not be optional, and @property
should require
that () is not present (ie, @property has meaning).
This is annoying:
alias F = function();
@property F myProperty() { return f; }
Then we have this confusing situation:
myProperty(); // am I calling the property, or am I calling
the
function the property returns?
The latter. Property should be enforced properly.
This comes up all the time, and it really grates my nerves.
Suggest; remove @property, or make it do what it's supposed to
do.
If you combine:
1) enforced property syntax, no parens allowed
2) & always applies to a parenthesis-less function, not it's
result
3) properties decay to normal functions when they have their
address taken
4) For template params: pass function symbol if possible,
otherwise evaluate and pass the result.
then we have a solved problem, while allowing people to keep
their nice pretty ()-less UFCS chains, no?
I forgot to add:
5) parenthesis are enforced for all calls on all callables other
than functions, including function pointers and delegates.
