var.init change

[Myron Alexander]

Chris Miller wrote:
> the spirit of D? I believe some sample code even used to brag about this 
> feature.

The sample code in the D2.0 reference is based on the original concept 
and has not changed (scroll down to .init):

http://www.digitalmars.com/d/property.html

I am interested in the reason behind this change, if only to learn what 
problems were introduced by such a concept.

Regards,

Myron.