Re: @property as proposed in various DIPs, my attempted use and what I think of it

2013-02-21 Thread Zach the Mystic
On Thursday, 21 February 2013 at 23:17:53 UTC, Stewart Gordon wrote: On 20/02/2013 20:32, Jonathan M Davis wrote: On Wednesday, February 20, 2013 20:41:24 Rob T wrote: The reality is that I often don't know if I'll be using one syntax over the other until usage experience is gained and the usag

Re: @property as proposed in various DIPs, my attempted use and what I think of it

2013-02-21 Thread Stewart Gordon
On 20/02/2013 20:32, Jonathan M Davis wrote: On Wednesday, February 20, 2013 20:41:24 Rob T wrote: The reality is that I often don't know if I'll be using one syntax over the other until usage experience is gained and the usage context determines the answer. I may even want to use both forms dep

Re: @property as proposed in various DIPs, my attempted use and what I think of it

2013-02-21 Thread Mike Parker
On Wednesday, 20 February 2013 at 19:41:25 UTC, Rob T wrote: In an effort to reduce the use of @property, I have to guess if I'm really going to use a given function with the assignment syntax or not, but that's something I prefer not to be constantly thinking about, so the tendency is to de

Re: @property as proposed in various DIPs, my attempted use and what I think of it

2013-02-20 Thread Rob T
Here's a C# link providing a definition of property http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x9fsa0sw.aspx The C# implementation appears to fit closer with the namespace concept that had been proposed as solution to the property question, it is clearly not the same thing as the @property conce

Re: @property as proposed in various DIPs, my attempted use and what I think of it

2013-02-20 Thread Jonathan M Davis
On Wednesday, February 20, 2013 20:41:24 Rob T wrote: > The reality is that I often don't know if I'll be using one > syntax over the other until usage experience is gained and the > usage context determines the answer. I may even want to use both > forms depending on the use context. I don't unde

@property as proposed in various DIPs, my attempted use and what I think of it

2013-02-20 Thread Rob T
Has anyone really tried to use @property assuming the optional assignment syntax will be depreciated? I have. The results I'm getting is a ton of @property tags in my structs and classes, much more than I had expected. In one struct, almost all the functions are tagged @property. I know I can