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[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Kagamin wrote:
> 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

Sorry, I misread - I was still referring to properties in particular.

Andrei