True Properties Poll

[Ary Borenszweig]

Jesse Phillips wrote:
> Nick Sabalausky Wrote:
> 
>> "Jesse Phillips" <jessekphillips+d at gmail.com> wrote in message 
>> news:h4vfld$12m2$1 at digitalmars.com...
>>> It seem no one is confident in their poll writing skills, so I'll take 
>>> stab at it.
>>>
>>> This poll is related to D not providing "true" properties. Details and 
>>> discussion can be found in DIP4: 
>>> http://prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?LanguageDevel/DIPs/DIP4
>>>
>>> Below you will find a list of options. Please place a maximum of three 
>>> votes starting with what you would prefer and then your alternatives. 
>>> Reasoning can come after your vote.
>>>
>>>    1. Provide a special syntax/keyword to specify properties.
>>>    2. Keep things as they are.
>>>    3. Keep things as they are, resolving the += ... without involving new 
>>> property syntax.
>>>    4. Remove current "property" syntax.
>>>    5. Prevent . on rvalues
>>>
>>> Extended Voting
>>>
>>>    A. #4 should happen with or without a new property syntax.
>>>    B. Preventing . on rvalues should be done anyway.
>>>
>>> If I missed something, to bad, write your own poll. Please only respond if 
>>> you are voting or commenting on another's vote. This allows top level 
>>> posts to contain poll answers only.
>> Ideal: Combine 1, 3, 4 and fix the problem with . on rvalues without doing 
>> #5.
>> Secondary: Anything in between "Ideal" and "Minimum That's Acceptable".
>> Minimum That's Acceptable: Combine 3, 4 and  5.
>>
>> Joke: Let's make a poll on how a properties poll should be made ;)
> 
> I'm really not sure how 1 and 3 could be "combined," it would leave many of the issues people want 1 to fix.
> 
> I'm really not sure how 3 and 4 could be combined. One says "go away," the other "stay here."

Hi Jesse,

Your replies are not being correctly threaded in my Thunderbird, and it 
makes analyzing the poll difficult. What's going on?