On Sunday, 19 March 2023 at 11:52:50 UTC, bomat wrote:
It works fine with the `int` variable, but with the struct
member I get a compilation error:
```
Error: need `this` for `memberWithALongName` of type `int`
```
What is that supposed to mean?
It is possible to achieve the convenience you want to achieve in
2 ways. One of them is to use a static member but if not, to use
an alias inside the container. For example:
```d
struct MyStruct
{
int memberWithALongName;
alias ln = memberWithALongName;
static string str;
}
void main()
{
auto myStruct = MyStruct(1);
myStruct.ln = 2;
alias alias2 = MyStruct.str;
alias2 = "2";
import std.conv : text;
assert(myStruct.ln.text == alias2);
}
```
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