On Monday, July 19, 2010 14:37:22 Rory McGuire wrote: > I suppose it would be seen as a bug because it possibly circumvents the > getter/setter > philosophy (If you return the internal value anyway).
No, the problem is that you have _both_ a getter returning a ref and a setter. So, which does the compiler use? Returning a ref isn't a problem - phobos does it with ranges. Doing that, you basically user the getter for setting the property also. However, with both a getter returning a ref and a setter, then the compiler is going to have to choose which to use if you use the property as a setter. It's an ambiguity and thus shouldn't compile. If it does, then that's a bug. - Jonathan M Davis
