struct Vector (uint length, Element = double)
{
		ref @property component (string c)()
		{
			enum mat = q{xyzw};
			enum col = q{rgba};
			enum tex = q{uv};

			static if (mat.canFind (c))
				return components[mat.countUntil (c)];
			else static if (col.canFind (c))
				return components[col.countUntil (c)];
			else static if (tex.canFind (c))
				return components[tex.countUntil (c)];
			else static assert (0);
		}

		ref @property opDispatch (string c)()
		if (c.length == 1)
		{
			auto v = component!c;
			pragma(msg, typeof(v)); // this outputs the expected result
			return v; // so everything is fine, right? wrong...
		}

	Element[length] components;
}

If @property opDispatch is replaced with auto opDispatch then it works. opDispatch should either work for properties or should give a more meaningful error message than "Error: No property `x` for Vector" etc.