@property needed or not needed?

[Regan Heath]

On Sun, 02 Dec 2012 18:47:26 -0000, Rob T <rob at ucora.com> wrote:
> If someone can honestly demonstrate a non-subjective reason why there  
> must be a difference between function call and variable assignments,  
> please show it. So far I've only seen arguments that boil down to "I  
> don't like it".

A variable assignment is in 99% of cases a simple operation.  A function  
call is in 99% of cases a more complex operation.  Being able to  
immediately "see" those costs is useful.  A language which allows you to  
make variable assignments costly will be inherently harder to understand  
in terms of cost, than a language which does not.

R

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