property syntax strawman

[Michel Fortin]

On 2009-08-03 11:03:54 -0400, Andrei Alexandrescu 
<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> said:

> Now that I think of it, even if properties don't readily return 
> delegates, they are trivially easy to obtain:
> 
> class A
> {
>      ... define property foo with whatever syntax ...
> }
> 
> unittest
> {
>      auto a = new A;
>      auto getter = () { return a.foo; }
>      auto setter = (int x) { a.foo = x; }
>      setter(5);
>      writeln(getter());
> }
> 
> I actually compiled and ran that with foo defined as a regular field.

They're indeed very easy to obtain, and using this method improves 
compatibility with regular fields, so it's great.

That said, can you see the property through reflection?

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