> On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:14:22 -0400, Jonathan M Davis <[email protected]>
> 
> wrote:
> >> On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:57:57 -0400, Jonathan M Davis
> >> <[email protected]>
> >> 
> >> wrote:
> >> >> How about the amount of existing code it breaks? How about the fact
> >> >> that
> >> >> it breaks using the same function for both method chaining and with
> >> >> property syntax?
> >> > 
> >> > Something like
> >> > 
> >> > auto b = a.prop1.prop2.prop3;
> >> > 
> >> > should work. I doesn't at present, but it should. There's a bug report
> >> > on it.
> >> 
> >> What about auto b = a.prop1(5).prop2(6).prop3(7); ?
> > 
> > I'd consider that to be the same. It should work, but it doesn't.
> > There's a
> > bug report for it.
> 
> Ahem, so you'd consider auto b = a.prop1(7); valid code under strict
> property rules?

Oh wait. You're right. I didn't read that right. No, that wouldn't be legal. 
That would be both getting and setting. Why would you even try and do that 
with a property, let alone with several chained together?

- Jonathan M Davis
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