On DIP 23

[eles]

On Thursday, 7 February 2013 at 16:33:46 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
> On 2/7/13 9:44 AM, eles wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 6 February 2013 at 22:10:29 UTC, Robert wrote:
> I think the sarcasm is uncalled for. We're doing our best here 
> and our intent is indeed to have properties emulate fields.

At least it caught a bit of attention... but I agree. Sorry.

> Properties emulate fields, but they can't behave 100% like 
> fields because if they did they'd be fields.

That's no reason to make them functions instead. Or something so 
far from fields that becomes cumbersome.

The basic idea is: "properties are (a little more) that fields 
with validation and directional access control". That's all.

Notice that in the brackets above there is "more", but also it is 
prefixed by "a little".