Properties don't behave like variables?

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2012-05-07 23:34, Jonathan M Davis wrote:

> You mean the setter?

Yes.

> Having a getter property function return by ref does allow you to use a
> property exactly as you would a variable, because you're operating on the ref
> that's returned. It also makes the property function nigh-on-useless, because
> then you're operating on its associated variable outside of the property
> function, making it so that you can no longer control access to it. You pretty
> much might as well make it a public variable at that point. Not to mention,
> even if returning by ref didn't have that problem, it would only work in cases
> where the property function was associated with an actual variable (since you
> have to return a ref to _something_), so it would still be impossible to
> emulate a variable with property functions which calculate the value from
> other variables or which grab the value from somewhere else (e.g. a database).
>
> - Jonathan M Davis

Exactly.

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/Jacob Carlborg