Re: [boost] [property] interest in C# like properties for C++?

Subject: Re: [boost] [property] interest in C# like properties for C++?
From: Matthew Chambers (matthew.chambers_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-21 16:52:51

Stewart, Robert wrote:
>>> . This means that it can't be used in a chain of assignment
>>> operations like A.X(B.X(5)) which incidentally looks awful
>>> compared to A.X = B.X = 5.
>>>       
>
> A.X() = B.X() = 5 isn't horrible, but A.X = B.X = 5 is what one expects when one thinks of "properties."
>   
A.X() and B.X() are the getters, not the setters, although I appreciate 
that they could return non-const references so they could be used like 
you wrote. But even these semantics do not conform with Stefan's notion 
of de facto "standard C++ properties."

-Matt