Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:06:53 -0400, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> I just thought of another issue with property definitions. How do you
> declare a property of an array? Today it's:
>
> char[] chomped(char[] input);
>
> Note that any getter property contains an argument which is the object
> you're calling the property on (normally implied because the definition is
> inside an aggregate definition). But with arrays it's explicit.
>
> So how does this fit in Walter's proposed syntax?
>
> char[] chomped {...}
>
> Where does the input go?
I proposed a keyword, 'inject', a year ago. Or it could be an
annotation. I suppose such a keyword might significantly simplify
implmentation of external functions and properties:
@inject @property char[] chomped(char[] arr) {...}
@inject void sort!(alias pred, T)(T[] arr) {...}
Though prepending 'this' to the first parameter may also work, C# style.
