[Gambas-user] New syntactic sugar to define a property based on a global variable

[Christof Thalhofer]

Am 22.08.19 um 14:28 schrieb Benoît Minisini:

> ----8<----
> Property Name As String Use $name
> ----8<----
> 
> is equivalent to:
> 
> ----8<----
> Property Name As String
> Private $name As String
> 
> Private Sub Name_Read() As String
>    Return $name
> End
> 
> Private Sub Name_Write(Value As String)
>    $name = Value
> End
> ----8<----
> 
> Except that if you explicitly define your own Name_Read() or 
> Name_Write(), it will override the one that is defined automatically by 
> default (i.e. the automatic one is not generated).
> 
> It's really just a feature for lazy people. :-)

Thank you for the explanation. It's also great because it makes the code
more compact and better readable.

As I always use a lot of properties, this is ultra-ultra-great! ;-)

It's just the compiler, right? If this code is compiled it can be
executed by an older interpreter? Say ... Gambas 3.9?


Alles Gute

Christof Thalhofer

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