[phobos] Time to get ready for the next release

[Steve Schveighoffer]

----- Original Message -----
> From: Robert Jacques <sandford at jhu.edu>
> To: Discuss the phobos library for D <phobos at puremagic.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 12:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [phobos] Time to get ready for the next release
> 
> On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 07:33:30 -0400, Jacob Carlborg <doob at me.com> wrote:

>>  If writeln = "foo"; doesn't compile but printf = 
> "foo"; does then I would consider it not fixed. The way I would want 
> @property to behave is disallow bar = "foo"; for functions not marked 
> with @property. But still allow functions not marked with @property to be 
> callable without parentheses.
> 
> Also, this and another post have given me an idea: what if non- at property methods 
> could be assigned to if and only if a valid 'getter' also existed. This 
> would still 'fix' writeln = "foo" but be a less restrictive 
> than an outright ban.

It was an idea that Andrei brought up (before @property syntax was introduced), but I don't think it can be properly enforced:

int select(int timeout = 0); // both "getter" and "setter"

-Steve