byKey and byValue: properties or methods?

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Thursday, January 19, 2012 17:41:44 Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 1/19/12 4:43 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> > On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:06:00 -0500, torhu <no at spam.invalid> wrote:
> >> If the type of byKeys is Range, I would expect to be able to treat it
> >> like one. Not like one, then another, then another, then another... ad
> >> infinitum.
> > 
> > I don't know what you mean. You can treat it like one.
> > 
> > -Steve
> 
> It's the rvalue aspect. byKey does not hold a range inside the hashtable
> (as a member variable would do). Each use of byKey gives you a range
> that you get to iterate from the beginning.

Well, that's part of the point of properties. They don't have to actually be 
associated with any particular member variable. They just _act_ like the type 
has that public member variable.

- Jonathan M Davis