Reddit: why aren't people using D?

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Michel Fortin wrote:

> On 2009-07-24 22:58:33 -0400, Andrei Alexandrescu
> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> said:
> 
>> This is pretty clean, and in keep with the opXxx approach. Actually how
>> about defining property foo by defining opGet_foo and opSet_foo.
> 
> The problem with this is that it's ugly. What about this
> 
> int foo.opGet();        // getter
> void foo.opAssign(int); // setter
> 
> with some support from the compiler.
> 
> It could even be exteded to support more:
> 
> int foo.opIndex(int); // foo[1];
> void foo.opAddAssign(int); / foo += 1;
> void foo.invert(); // special function attached to property
> 
> 

There is a thread discussing the proposal which is also linked to by the 
wiki. Posting there would be useful, for future reference too.