Properties: a.b.c = 3

BCS ao at pathlink.com
Wed Jul 29 10:11:32 PDT 2009


Reply to Walter,

> 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.
> 

seems related to this:

http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3008





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