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[Kagamin]

Andrei Alexandrescu Wrote:

> >> What prevents us from doing
> >> more generic annotations with syntax like @property?
> >>
> > 
> > Walter. No one's been able to convince him they're useful. 
> 
> Then someone better put forward a good argument.

.Net framework is one big good argument, here are some usecases:
http://www.digitalmars.com/webnews/newsgroups.php?art_group=digitalmars.D&article_id=94070
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xtwkdas5.aspx

How do you plan to control serialization? Renaming elements? Serializing to attributes? Defining namespaces?

List of attributes and their usage:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.attribute.aspx#familyToggle