byKey and byValue: properties or methods?

[Jens Mueller]

Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> On Friday, January 20, 2012 11:01:10 Jens Mueller wrote:
> > Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> > > On Thursday, January 19, 2012 22:30:46 Jose Armando Garcia wrote:
> > > > I think MSDN has some decent advice on when to use properties vs
> > > > methods:
> > > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bzwdh01d(v=vs.71).aspx#cpcon
> > > > propert yusageguidelinesanchor1
> > > 
> > > Those do seem like pretty good guidelines.
> > 
> > Then why not add these in a condensed form to
> > http://www.dlang.org/dstyle.html?
> > Convention may be a way to end these discussions.
> 
> Oh, it may be a good idea to add them (or something like them) to the style 
> guide or elsewhere on the site, but it won't really end any discussions. Just 
> like function names are subjective, whether something is a property or not is 
> subjective. You can objectively narrow it down pretty thoroughly based on good 
> naming rules (or good rules on what's a property), but in many cases, it still 
> comes down to a subjective decision. So, there will always be debate. You 
> can't get around that. At best, you can reduce it.

I was only hoping for a reduction. If a convention works most of the
time it's fine, I think.

Jens