Re: properties in C++

From: rogeeff (rogeeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-13 13:03:42

--- In boost_at_y..., "Fernando Cacciola" <fcacciola_at_g...> wrote:

> IMHO, the ONLY advantage of a 'property' in comparison with the 
good old:
> 
>     int const& foo() const { return m_foo ; }
>     int         & foo()          { return m_foo ; }
>     int m_foo ;
> 
> is that the user don't have to write the extra '()'.
> 
> I don't think that a property facility could add that much 
complexity just
> to allow syntactic sugar.
> 
> Of course, I can be missing something and I'll be glad to know it.
> 
> Fernando Cacciola
> Sierra s.r.l.
> fcacciola_at_g...
> www.gosierra.com

Mostly it helps developer not the user.

Gennadiy