• Matthew Wilson (27/27) Oct 10 2003 // recls.d

"Matthew Wilson" <matthew stlsoft.org> writes:

// recls.d

public typedef int    recls_bool_t;

class Entry
{

    recls_bool_t IsReadOnly()
    {
        return Search_IsEntryReadOnly(m_entry);
    }


// client code

    if(entry.IsReadOnly) <== recls_test_2.d(197): recls_bool_t () does not
have a boolean value
    {

whereas

// client code

    if(entry.IsReadOnly())
    {

works fine.

There are other circumstances in which the current properties implementation
is wanting. For example, in printf (and other vararg statements) they are
not "executed", and I presume the function address is put on the stack.

Since there can be no circumstances (at least I don't think so!) in which
the use of the property's value and the property's function's address is to
be taken, can we change the rule that any appearance of a property
function's name, without the (), is always invoked as the function. Taking
the address of the property's function could be done via &, or implicitly,
since the compiler should know that it's being assigned to, or passed as, a
delegate.