Properties: a.b.c = 3

[Lionello Lunesu]

"Ary Borenszweig" <ary at esperanto.org.ar> wrote in message 
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> Walter Bright escribió:
>> The issue is what if b is a property, returns a temporary object, and 
>> that temp's .c field is uselessly set to 3?
>>
>> It's a classic problem with properties that are implemented as functions.
>>
>> I don't see how C#'s special property syntax adds any value for dealing 
>> with this.
>>
>> One thought I had was to simply disallow the '.' to appear after a 
>> function style property.
>
> Maybe only if the return value of the property is a struct? For class 
> references it'll work well (except your property returns a new object each 
> time, which is kind of a weird way to implement a property).

What if structure B has get/set c and B.c(int) does something non-local? 
Then the function call ("property assignment") should be allowed.

L.