On DIP 23

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 2/7/13 9:44 AM, eles wrote:
> On Wednesday, 6 February 2013 at 22:10:29 UTC, Robert wrote:
>>
>> @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.

I think the sarcasm is uncalled for. We're doing our best here and our 
intent is indeed to have properties emulate fields.

Properties emulate fields, but they can't behave 100% like fields 
because if they did they'd be fields.


Andrei