True Properties Poll

Nick Sabalausky a at a.a
Fri Jul 31 13:12:05 PDT 2009


"Jesse Phillips" <jessekphillips+d at gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:h4vfld$12m2$1 at digitalmars.com...
> 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
>
> Extended Voting
>
>    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.

Ideal: Combine 1, 3, 4 and fix the problem with . on rvalues without doing 
#5.
Secondary: Anything in between "Ideal" and "Minimum That's Acceptable".
Minimum That's Acceptable: Combine 3, 4 and  5.

Joke: Let's make a poll on how a properties poll should be made ;)





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