Support Map-like subsref and subsasgn overload for types.untyped.Set types.

[lawrence-mbf]

Calling get/set all the time isn't quite idiomatic MATLAB.

[bendichter]

this would be cool!

[bendichter]

though let's think about how we would support any names that have spaces in them

[lawrence-mbf]

Since Sets are already backed by containers.Map there isn't an issue in storing. We would just have to imitate its method for mapping string keys to values:

value = nwb.processing('some data');
nwb.processing('some data') = SomeType;

[lawrence-mbf]

We'd just have to be careful never to accidentally shadow any methods in Set itself (size, fcn, etc.)

[bendichter]

how about nwb.processing.some_data?

[lawrence-mbf]

That would require changing the internals of the Set to use Dynamic Properties instead. I don't think you can do this with subsref and subsasgn. It would also require a separate cache which saves the property's true name as well as checking for strange collisions like a Set with the properties (some data, some-data, and some_data).

[bendichter]

ok, sounds like your solution is simpler and less risky