Breaking backwards compatiblity

[Adam D. Ruppe]

On Saturday, 10 March 2012 at 00:25:23 UTC, Jonathan M Davis 
wrote:
> As I understand it, it's like override, it's being phased in, 
> and it _will_ become the normal behavior.

A planned or inevitable big mistake that will break piles
of code in a painful way is still a big mistake that will
break piles of code in a painful way.

> and @property _do_ pass the very high bar.

If the height of the bar is based on how much code it
breaks, sure.

If it based on the benefit it actually brings us, no,
absolutely not.

@property is the biggest name bikeshed of them all.