property syntax problems

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Chad J wrote:
> Alex Burton wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just found a bug that comes out of the property syntax.
>>
> 
> Yep, as was said, this is a "feature".
> 
> Sadly I forget why, but I'm pretty sure ref returning doesn't solve all
> of the problems with properties, just this one (sorta).  Also, D1
> doesn't have ref returns, so if you're using D1 you're just plain outta'
> luck.
> 
> This has been griped about for a few years now.  There are also other
> serious shortcomings of the syntax.  (Sorry, I'm too lazy to look up the
> old threads right now.)
> 
> Given the "ref returns and properties" thread and a couple other posts
> that Andrei made, I suspect this is receiving some thought.

Yah, I gotta say that the a.b.c = d catastrophe finally dropped the coin 
  for me.

Andrei