new DIP5: Properties 2

[Walter Bright]

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> Huh. How does this reconcile with your previous posts, where you said 
>> it'd probably be a bad idea for the API designer to mandate the 
>> function calling style of the API consumer?
>>
>> Is this the same issue, and you've changed your mind? Or do you see 
>> this as a different issue?
> 
> I found the way he put it - avoiding gratuitous inconsistency between 
> fields and properties - a compelling perspective.

That's improper netiquette. The correct netiquette is to never give an 
iota, regardless.