cast(public)

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Ary Borenszweig wrote:
> downs escribió:
>> dsimcha wrote:
>>> I know I've probably mentioned this one here before, but it was
>>> buried in long
>>> threads.
>>>
>>> Could we put a feature in the language that allows private member
>>> variables to
>>> be cast to public?  The idea is that, if a class/struct designer makes
>>> something private, they're saying it's a bad idea to mess with it,
>>> and that
>>> you do so at your own risk.  However, I think there needs to be a
>>> back door to
>>> cowboy this one, because otherwise private/protected is just too
>>> restrictive
>>> for a language like D.  It would work something like this:
>>>
>>> struct Foo {
>>>     private uint bar;
>>> }
>>>
>>> void main() {
>>>     Foo foo;
>>>     foo.bar++;  // error
>>>     (cast(public) foo.bar)++;  // Works.
>>> }
>>
>> I can second this.
>>
>> For instance, in Phobos1 there is no way to create a Socket from a
>> file handle, so I have to monkey with offsets in my IRC bot code.
> 
> Did you ask for an enhancement?

Phobos*1*.