Jonathan M Davis wrote: > On Friday, January 20, 2012 11:01:10 Jens Mueller wrote: > > Jonathan M Davis wrote: > > > On Thursday, January 19, 2012 22:30:46 Jose Armando Garcia wrote: > > > > I think MSDN has some decent advice on when to use properties vs > > > > methods: > > > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bzwdh01d(v=vs.71).aspx#cpcon > > > > propert yusageguidelinesanchor1 > > > > > > Those do seem like pretty good guidelines. > > > > Then why not add these in a condensed form to > > http://www.dlang.org/dstyle.html? > > Convention may be a way to end these discussions. > > Oh, it may be a good idea to add them (or something like them) to the style > guide or elsewhere on the site, but it won't really end any discussions. Just > like function names are subjective, whether something is a property or not is > subjective. You can objectively narrow it down pretty thoroughly based on > good > naming rules (or good rules on what's a property), but in many cases, it > still > comes down to a subjective decision. So, there will always be debate. You > can't get around that. At best, you can reduce it.
I was only hoping for a reduction. If a convention works most of the time it's fine, I think. Jens
