On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:14:10 -0400, Rainer Deyke <[email protected]>
wrote:
Benji Smith wrote:
For my money, the best solution is a simple "property" keyword as a
function modifier. Only functions with the "property" modifier would be
allowed to pose as fields (getters called without parens, setters called
using assignment syntax). But, in all other respects, they should act
just like functions.
I like being able to distinguish between the property itself and its
setter/getter function.
For example, let's say 'y' is a property of 'x'.
z = x.y; // Calls the getter.
x.y = z; // Calls the setter.
z = &x.y; // But what's this? The setter, the getter, or the property
itself?
This is a general problem with all overloaded functions. The answer is
that it's the first one declared.
You can specify it by declaring the type of z before assigning.
I think this might need some attention in general, not just for properties.
-Steve
