True Properties Poll

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:41:34 -0400, Jesse Phillips  
<jessekphillips+d at gmail.com> wrote:

> Steven Schveighoffer Wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:11:41 -0400, Jesse Phillips
>> <jessekphillips+d at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > It seem no one is confident in their poll writing skills, so I'll take
>> > stab at it.
>> >
>> > 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
>> >
>> > 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.
>> >
>> >     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
>> >
>>
>> 1 depending on what the proposed "special syntax/keyword" is.
>
> We can work out the needed syntax after we decide that is what will  
> happen.

The syntax is an important part.  For example, you cited that as the main  
reason why you wouldn't want property syntax:

> I find writing
>  property int foo { get; set;}
>  More work than
>  public int foo;

And I assume you meant public int foo() and public int foo(int value),  
since public int foo is a field.

But what about changing:

public int foo();
public int foo(int value);

to

property:
   public int foo();
   public int foo(int value);

???

-STeve