x.sizeof vs typeid(x)

[Sergey Gromov]

Christian Kamm wrote:
> It really gets odd when foo is a function as well:
> 
> void foo(int i);
> int bar();
> 
> foo = bar; // same as foo(bar());
> 
> I think property syntax is nice, but should only be valid where it makes
> sense (or only where the user explicitly allowed it).

Agree. If there were, say, an attribute `property', so that you can 
write:

foo(double x) {...}
property double distance() {return ...}

foo(distance);   // OK
foo(distance()); // OK
foo = distance;  // error

it'd be much safer.

SnakE