property returning a reference vs returning a value

[cal]

On Wednesday, 20 June 2012 at 06:34:06 UTC, Jonathan M Davis 
wrote:
> You can't overload on return type. The parameters need to be 
> different, or the functions are going to conflict.

Ah, that explains it, thanks. I find ref properties useful for 
making a member variable behave like it is public, but allowing 
the struct to be aware when it's being accessed, at least that's 
what I use it for.