Make dur a property?

[Timon Gehr]

On 01/25/2013 05:56 PM, Johannes Pfau wrote:
> Am Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:11:24 +0100
> schrieb Timon Gehr <timon.gehr at gmx.ch>:
>
>> On 01/24/2013 04:45 PM, Johannes Pfau wrote:
>>> Am Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:20:44 +0100
>>> schrieb Jacob Carlborg <doob at me.com>:
>>>
>>>> On 2013-01-24 03:02, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> foo.bar() // Perform action
>>>>> foo.bar   // Access data
>>>>
>>>> Who says it has to be like this.
>>>>
>>>
>>> .NET guidelines since .NET 1.1 for example:
>>>
>>> "In general, methods represent actions and properties represent
>>> data." (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bzwdh01d%28v=vs.71%29.aspx).
>>>
>>
>> This is not C#.
>
> I think I misunderstood the question. If the question was whether the
> parenthesis mark an action as opposed to data access, then my
> statement is of course void. (But it's a tradition from C that () mark
> function calls).
>
> I thought he meant properties should be used for data access. This is
> almost by definition: Java used setX /getX, C# formalized that into
> properties, D took properties from C#. Properties where always used
> for data access, if you don't use properties for data access but for
> other things the whole concept doesn't make sense. So in that case
> "this is C#".
> ...

I think he meant both. =)