DIP23 draft: Fixing properties redux

deadalnix deadalnix at gmail.com
Mon Feb 4 05:27:15 PST 2013


On Monday, 4 February 2013 at 13:12:54 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
> On 02/04/2013 05:21 AM, deadalnix wrote:
>> On Monday, 4 February 2013 at 03:13:07 UTC, Andrei 
>> Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> On 2/3/13 9:58 PM, David Nadlinger wrote:
>>>> My point is precisely that. I think there are much simpler 
>>>> solutions
>>>> than adding some magic properties to a pair of parentheses 
>>>> in the right
>>>> position, even if it might look like a convenient hack.
>>>
>>> I don't think it's a hack at all. Think it over, and compare 
>>> it with
>>> the language semantics even today.
>>>
>>
>> Going from complete crap to bearable don't make bearable good.
>
> In what way is this bearable?

The proposal is a big improvement over current behavior. Still it 
has major flaws, like the way & and property interact.


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