Issue 47 - method/null property results in unexpected AS3 code - haxe

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[Google Issue #47 : https://code.google.com/p/haxe/issues/detail?id=47]
by pimmhoge...@gmail.com, at 18/01/2010, 16:58:47
The following haXe class:
package;

class Main {
    public static function main():Void {
        new Main();
    }
    private var property(getProperty, null):Int;
    public function new():Void {
        property = 4;
    }
    private function getProperty():Int {
        return 0;
    }
}

Results in the following AS3 code (when compiled targeting AS3):

package  {
    import flash.Boot;
    public class Main {
        public function Main() : void { if( !flash.Boot.skip_constructor ) {
                this.property = 4;
            }}
        protected function get property() : int { return getProperty(); }
        protected var $property : int;
        public function getProperty() : int {
            return 0;
        }
        static public function main() : void {
            new Main();
        }
    }
}

Note the line in the constructor:
this.property = 4;
This does not work, as there is no property field. It could have been this:
this.$property = 4;

I'm using haXe compiler 2.05.

Workarounds for this problem include:
Manually adding the sigil ($) character.
Defining a setter, instead of using null.

Label suggestions: Type-Defect, Priority-Low, Platform-AS3.

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[comment from ncanna...@gmail.com, published at 24/01/2010, 14:43:09]
This is a bit difficult to directly set $property so instead we added a protected
setter which just do the assignment.