On 15.07.2010 15:16, dsimcha wrote:
Once property syntax is fully enforced (not necessarily recommended) will it
be possible to overload properties against non-properties? My use case is
that I'm thinking about API improvements for my dflplot lib and one thing that
I would really like is to give a fluent interface to everything to further cut
back on the amount of boilerplate needed to generate simple plots. For example:
Histogram(someData, 10)
.barColor(getColor(255, 0, 0))
.histType(HistType.Probability)
.toFigure.title("A Histogram")
.xLabel("Stuff").showAsMain();
The problem is that I also want things like barColor and title to be settable
via normal property syntax, using the equals sign. Right now, this "just
works" because D's current non-analness about enforcing @property-ness is
awesome 99% of the time even if it leads to a few weird corner cases. Will
there be a way to express such an interface to be provided (calling a setter
as either a member function or a property at the user's choice) once @property
is fully implemented?
In case the answer is no, that example of yours is the perfect
opportunity to dust off the almost-forgotten with statement :)
with (Histogram(someData, 10)) {
barColor = getColor(255, 0, 0);
histType = HistType.Probability;
toFigure.title = "A Histogram";
xLabel = "Stuff";
showAsMain();
}
A bit more typing, but I'd say that it's easier to read.
