@property needed or not needed?

[Adam D. Ruppe]

On Tuesday, 20 November 2012 at 13:50:10 UTC, Regan Heath wrote:
> Usually I'd agree but this is a case of a wart we should just 
> remove IMO.  The fix for breaking cases is simple, add 
> @property.

meh, I sometimes use it, but if overloading on @property works, 
that's easy enough to allow both ways.

I use it in some big chaining things:

Element.make("div").className("foo").value = "bar";

vs

auto element = Element.make("div");
element.className = "foo";
element.value = "bar";


Using one or the other depending on if I have a variable name 
there anyway. This would be arguably *better* with separation, 
but I don't have the level of hatred for one function used both 
ways (on setter nor getter) the way a lot of people do.