Properties: a.b.c = 3

[BLS]

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> BLS wrote:
>> 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
> 
> I don't understand, could you please elaborate?
> 
> Andrei

Sure,
int'max will give you (let's assume for a while that the compiler writer 
was not completely drunken) a useful answer int`ILikeIt() is probabely 
"green"

I guess what I want to say is that a  property will give you certainly 
useful answers depending on it's very own nature... a temporary object not.

or : a horse is a horse is a horse of course