properties

[Michel Fortin]

On 2009-07-28 10:16:16 -0400, Andrei Alexandrescu 
<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> said:

> Well I don't think so. To repeat what I wrote elsethread: foo = bar is 
> rewritten into foo(bar) if and only if auto __x = foo, __x = bar works. 
> This means, a setter only works if there's a corresponding getter. 
> (Write-only properties be damned.)

This may lead to strange issues if both the setter and the getter don't 
have the same protection attribute, or purity, or constness of 
arguments.

For instance:

	protected void foo(Object o);
	public pure const const(Object) foo();

Here, you can assign to foo using the property syntax only from a 
non-pure functions of this class or a derived classes and when the 
value you're assinging is a const(Object). Elsewhere, you can only 
assign using the function syntax. Anything else would break "auto __x = 
foo, __x = bar".


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