True Properties Poll

[Jesse Phillips]

Jesse Phillips Wrote:

> It seem no one is confident in their poll writing skills, so I'll take stab at it.
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> This poll is related to D not providing "true" properties. Details and discussion can be found in DIP4: http://prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?LanguageDevel/DIPs/DIP4
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> Below you will find a list of options. Please place a maximum of three votes starting with what you would prefer and then your alternatives. Reasoning can come after your vote.
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>     1. Provide a special syntax/keyword to specify properties.
>     2. Keep things as they are.
>     3. Keep things as they are, resolving the += ... without involving new property syntax.
>     4. Remove current "property" syntax.
>     5. Prevent . on rvalues
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> Extended Voting
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>     A. #4 should happen with or without a new property syntax.
>     B. Preventing . on rvalues should be done anyway.
> 
> If I missed something, to bad, write your own poll. Please only respond if you are voting or commenting on another's vote. This allows top level posts to contain poll answers only.

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Properties are syntactic sugar, I do not find the issues related to function/property ambiguity to an issue. The only thing I have against the current syntax is that you can't use shortcuts like += or ++. If this can be resolved without a new syntax, the better.

I find writing

property int foo { get; set;}

More work than

public int foo;