On DIP 23

[eles]

On Wednesday, 6 February 2013 at 22:10:29 UTC, Robert wrote:
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>  @properties are meant to emulate a field

You're in the wrong spot of the world. Everywhere else outside 
the D community, the above assertion is held for true.

In the D community, it is not. Yes, there are places like that, 
and you are trapped into one of those. For your sake, during your 
future staying in this place, think of "@properties" as functions 
with calling particularities.