B# language for embedded development. And as a D competitor

[kris]

pragma wrote:
> In article <dvv16o$250d$1 at digitaldaemon.com>, kris says...
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>>BTW: What do you think about the B# get|set design?
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> 
> (I know this wasn't exactly an open question, but...)
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> I think it's a bit like the 'readonly' proposal, warmed over.  Its basically the
> same thing as adding some attributes to get the job done in D:
> 
> readonly ubyte foo; // read-only
> writable readonly ubyte foo; // default
> writable ubyte foo; // write-only (mostly useless unless we have a 'register'
> construct similar to B#)
> 
> IMO, the {get; set; } syntax just doesn't seem to jive with D to me.
> 
> - EricAnderton at yahoo


Except that it appears to map onto an overiddable method, with an 
implicit 'value' property for the set() ?

I could be mistaken, but B# get|set seems to be akin to an extensible 
property for class members? Kind of like an optional opEqual & opAssign 
for each D class/struct attribute?