alias this private?

js.mdnq js_adddot+mdng at gmail.com
Sat Dec 8 23:05:24 PST 2012


Can it not be possible to use alias this on a private field?

struct Q
    private:
       int _x;
    public:
       alias _x this;

?

Seems to me that one does not always want the user to access the 
internal value that is aliased ;/


Q q;

q._x // error yet q, for all practical purposes is _x, we just 
stop the user from being able to directly access it.

For example, maybe I want to override opAssign on an int. The 
user can get around it by doing q._x. Seems like a bad idea.




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