On Sunday, 19 March 2023 at 13:49:36 UTC, bomat wrote:
Thanks for the suggested workaround, I can live with the
`static` solution, I guess.
I still don't understand why it's necessary, though.
Since a `struct` is a value type and, as I understand it, stack
allocated, what difference does it make to the compiler whether
I alias `variableWithALongName` or
`myStruct.memberWithALongName`?
Shouldn't it be the exact same underlying mechanism?
Thanks and regards
bomat
D aliases are for symbols, but what you try to alias is an
expression.
You might feel that what you request may work, but that's only a
very particular case. Generally expressions cannot be aliased
because without context they become polymorphic (or erather
polysemous).
