Why use backing field and not name of property? ``...

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[ar-g]

Why use backing field and not name of property?

class User(val name: String) {
    var address: String = "unspecified"
        set(value: String) {
            println(address)//works
            address = value//doesn't work
        }
}

[adolgiy]

as far as I know u should use field = value

[voddan]

because you may want to have a recursive getter

[ar-g]

@voddan could you provide an example?

[voddan]

Can't come up with anything useful right, now, but:

val x: Int 
    get() {
        field -= 1
        return if(field <= 0) 0 else x
}