Properties: a.b.c = 3

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Kagamin wrote:
> Andrei Alexandrescu Wrote:
> 
>> Kagamin wrote:
>>> Andrei Alexandrescu Wrote:
>>>> The question is very simple: given that we're used with a
>>>> specific semantics for a.b.c = 3, how can we address the fact
>>>> that the semantics of this familiar operation is so different
>>>> (and likely so useless) when properties replace fields?
>>> You're solving problems that never came to life. Well... only as
>>> syntetic examples.
>> IMHO it's quite the contrary, a.b.c = 3 is a very simple and
>> concrete problem that emphatically shows we haven't gotten
>> properties up to snuff.
> 
> Never saw this problem in C#.

Of course you didn't. This is because C# doesn't have it - their structs 
can't define properties.

Andrei