@property - take it behind the woodshed and shoot it?

[Johannes Pfau]

Am Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:46:32 +0100
schrieb "mist" <none at none.none>:

> On Thursday, 24 January 2013 at 13:34:08 UTC, Artur Skawina wrote:
> > On 01/24/13 12:50, mist wrote:
> >> But looking at other comments this does not seem popular :(
> >
> > Language design is not a popularity contest.
> >
> > artur
> 
> Well most discussions seems to flow around simple preference 
> conflict of beautiful UFCS vs consistent function calls. And all 
> compromises tend to explode in difficulty once delegates and 
> function pointers are taken into consideration. I find consistent 
> and unambiguous call syntax more important.

+1

Just as you and Nick I also like consistent function calls much more.

Properties only make sense if you have consistent function calls, but
then they're essential. If we allow optional parenthesis the properties
are pretty much useless.