Re: Possible to overload assignment of struct field ??

[james.p.leblanc via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Tuesday, 24 August 2021 at 05:34:08 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
On 8/23/21 10:25 PM, james.p.leblanc wrote:
So, you need a "property". Easy... :)

1) Rename the member e.g. as a_.

2) Write setter and getter functions named 'a'.

struct Foo{
  int a_;

  int a() const {
    return a_;
  }

  void a(int value) {
    a_ = value;
  }
}

void main(){
  auto x = Foo(1);
  x.a = 100;
  assert(x.a == 100);
}

Ali

Ali,

Thank you ... yes!  This is exactly what I needed, I have done 
something
similar as you have shown for the "getter", but had a 
"brain-lock-up"
when thinking about the setter.

A bit embarassing for my, I admit.  But, on the positive side ... 
the
solution is now burned into my brain.

Thanks again and Kind Regards,
James