Property discussion wrap-up

[Zach the Mystic]

On Wednesday, 30 January 2013 at 06:38:32 UTC, Rob T wrote:
> opCall requires parens, probably to disambiguate from alias 
> this.
>
> string A
> {
>   int i;
>   int opCall() { return _i; }
> }
>
> A a,
>
> int i = a; // error
> int i = a(); // works
>
> You can however do this
>
> alias opCall this;
>
> int i = a; // works
> int i = a(); // works too
>
> --rt

I guess that's how to do it. So now we have all three. Mandate 
parens with opCall. Allow both with alias opCall this, and 
disallow parens with opGet.

So let's go back to my previous argument. Aside from a few 
language changes, such as making current nested structs into 
nested static structs, and introducing opGet, a @property is 
nothing but a poor man's struct. Destroy.