DIP26: properties defined

[H. S. Teoh]

On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 10:04:11PM -0800, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> On Saturday, February 09, 2013 00:53:30 Robert wrote:
> > Ok. Here finally it is:
> > 
> > http://wiki.dlang.org/DIP26
> 
> I completely disagree with disallowing UFCS properties. Not only is it
> outright required for arrays, but it's currently possible to turn
> anything into a range (even types over which you have no control)
> simply by defining the functions (including property functions) for it
> externally. And you could do the same with most any API required by a
> template. If UFCS properties were disallowed, then that would become
> impossible for any API which included properties. That's unnecessarily
> restrictive.
[...]

Yeah, I disagree with disallowing UFCS properties too. That just
cripples it so much that a lot of existing @property use cases are
invalidated. It feels like throwing out the baby with the bathwater,
instead of solving the actual problem.


T

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