Uniform Function Call syntax for properties

[Denis Koroskin]

On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 00:09:23 +0400, Sean Kelly <sean at invisibleduck.org>  
wrote:

> Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
>> On 10/8/10 7:55 CDT, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>>> Someone was asking about UFC syntax for properties on d.learn, and I
>>> realized, we have a huge ambiguity here.
>>>
>>> Given a function:
>>>
>>> @property int foo(int x)
>>>
>>> Is this a global setter or a getter on an int?
>>
>> Good question.
>
> Setter. Consider "a = b = c".

I think you missed the point. Which of the two is it:

int x = 42;
auto y = x.foo(); // transformed into "auto y = foo(x);", getter

or

foo = 42; // transformed into "foo(42);", setter

Both match.