Properties: a.b.c = 3
BLS
windevguy at hotmail.de
Tue Jul 28 20:04:47 PDT 2009
BLS wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> The issue is what if b is a property, returns a temporary object, and
>> that temp's .c field is uselessly set to 3?
>>
>> It's a classic problem with properties that are implemented as functions.
>>
>> I don't see how C#'s special property syntax adds any value for
>> dealing with this.
>>
>> One thought I had was to simply disallow the '.' to appear after a
>> function style property.
>
> What I don't see is why a property isn't just a property. What you
> announce is more a kind of "universal maybe these value holder"
> - a temporary object is not a property period
>
> If something is exceeding the meaning of property then fire up your
> keyboard.
So int'max is a property int'ILikeIt() definitely not.
let's keep it simple
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