[Forward]C++ Properties - a Library Solution
orig url: https://accu.org/index.php/journals/255 roperties are a feature of a number of programming languages - Visual Basic and C# are two of them. While they are not part of standard C++, they have been implemented in C++ for the CLI (popularly known as .Net) environment and Borland C++ Builder, which comes with a library of useful components which make heavy use of properties in their interfaces. And when programmers are asked their ideas for extensions to C++, properties are a popular request. [ Wiegley , Vandevoorde ] So what is a property? The C++/CLI draft spec says, " A property is a