Hello .NET, D Here Calling

[Daniel de Kok]

On 2008-12-23 11:47:56 +0100, Chad J <gamerchad at __spam.is.bad__gmail.com> said:

> Lutger wrote:
>> I noticed many developers really adore properties, perhaps it's worth 
>> some attention to rethink how this is handled in D. It is used 
>> everywhere in .NET.
> 
> This is exactly where I'm coming from.  I used to use C# properties a
> lot.  They are super effective.

With no intention to flame, but I never quite understood why people are 
so keen on properties over getter/setter member functions. What 
advantage does it have over obscuring direct member access and indirect 
member access?

I think that the D approach is good enough, since it does not add 
complexity for library designers.

-- Daniel