cast(public)

[Ary Borenszweig]

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> dsimcha wrote:
>> I know I've probably mentioned this one here before, but it was buried in long
>> threads.
>>
>> Could we put a feature in the language that allows private member variables to
>> be cast to public?  The idea is that, if a class/struct designer makes
>> something private, they're saying it's a bad idea to mess with it, and that
>> you do so at your own risk.  However, I think there needs to be a back door to
>> cowboy this one, because otherwise private/protected is just too restrictive
>> for a language like D.  It would work something like this:
>>
>> struct Foo {
>>     private uint bar;
>> }
>>
>> void main() {
>>     Foo foo;
>>     foo.bar++;  // error
>>     (cast(public) foo.bar)++;  // Works.
>> }
> 
> I can second this.
> 
> For instance, in Phobos1 there is no way to create a Socket from a file handle, so I have to monkey with offsets in my IRC bot code.

Did you ask for an enhancement?