Property discussion wrap-up

[Rob T]

On Tuesday, 29 January 2013 at 18:54:09 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
[...]
>
> We'd have to move width and height inside the AreaProp struct 
> to make
> this work, but then we're back to square one (you'd need 
> @property to
> implement .area inside AreaProp).
>
>
> T

Yes that's true, and I know structs as they currently stand will 
need some changes to make this work, but more likely we'll have 
to introduce a new kind of struct to deal with situations like 
this.

Zach the Mystic mentions a situation where we wrap not the data, 
but only the functions around a struct-like property object, that 
way it contains no data of its own, does not need a "this" or a 
constructor or destructor. The idea extends  past just 
implementing properties, and into implementing "smart functions" 
that can be used in more generalized ways.

--rt