Using `[Property(Name)]` in Boo causes compilation error

Questions & Answers
1

When I try to use the [Property(Name)] or [Setter(Name)] to create field accessors I get compilation errors. [Getter(Name)] works fine as well as the explicit syntax.

This code

import UnityEngine

class Blurg (MonoBehavior):
	[Setter(Center)]
	_center as Transform

causes the error

Assets/Player/Blurg.boo(28,6): BCE0064: No attribute with the name ‘Setter’ or ‘SetterAttribute’ was found (attribute names are case insensitive).

And this code

import UnityEngine

class Blurg (MonoBehavior):
	[Property(Center)]
	_center as Transform

causes these errors:

Assets/Player/Ship.boo(28,15): BCE0005: Unknown identifier: ‘Center’.
Assets/Player/Ship.boo(28,6): BCE0024: The type ‘UnityEngine.PropertyAttribute’ does not have a visible constructor that matches the argument list ‘(error)’.

I’m running Unity 4.3.1f1.

Update

Removing import UnityEngine fixes the problem however then I need to prefix many things with UnityEngine.. Not really considering this a solution.

2

I’m not Boo expert, but just out of curiosity investigated this. Property issue can be resolved by using full name: Boo.Lang.Extensions.Property, or by creating own attribute. For details please check Ghost314 answer in this forum thread.

As to the Setter, I found a few pages mentioning it is not supported (even Rodrigo B. de Oliveira said so).