Why are there Properties in D?

[Rikki Cattermole]

On Sunday, 16 February 2014 at 01:21:21 UTC, Casper Færgemand 
wrote:
> Does @property force you to call the function without parens? 
> If not I don't really see what the keyword actually does.

@property does not force you to use parentheses.

@property myExample(int a) {}

It can be called via
myExample = a;
or
myExample(3);

I can't entirely remember the behaviour for no args on the first 
syntax.