On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:41:34 -0400, Jesse Phillips
<[email protected]> wrote:
Steven Schveighoffer Wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:11:41 -0400, Jesse Phillips
<[email protected]> wrote:
> It seem no one is confident in their poll writing skills, so I'll take
> stab at it.
>
> This poll is related to D not providing "true" properties. Details and
> discussion can be found in DIP4:
> http://prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?LanguageDevel/DIPs/DIP4
>
> Below you will find a list of options. Please place a maximum of three
> votes starting with what you would prefer and then your alternatives.
> Reasoning can come after your vote.
>
> 1. Provide a special syntax/keyword to specify properties.
> 2. Keep things as they are.
> 3. Keep things as they are, resolving the += ... without involving
> new property syntax.
> 4. Remove current "property" syntax.
> 5. Prevent . on rvalues
>
1 depending on what the proposed "special syntax/keyword" is.
We can work out the needed syntax after we decide that is what will
happen.
The syntax is an important part. For example, you cited that as the main
reason why you wouldn't want property syntax:
I find writing
property int foo { get; set;}
More work than
public int foo;
And I assume you meant public int foo() and public int foo(int value),
since public int foo is a field.
But what about changing:
public int foo();
public int foo(int value);
to
property:
public int foo();
public int foo(int value);
???
-STeve
