On Sunday, 26 May 2013 at 23:35:43 UTC, mimi wrote:
import std.stdio;struct S { int bigUglyName; void foo( S s ) { alias bigUglyName local; alias s.bigUglyName b; writeln( "bigUglyName (AKA local)=", local, " b=", b ); } } void main() { S s1; S s2; s1.bigUglyName = 1; s2.bigUglyName = 2; s1.foo( s2 ); } returns to console: bigUglyName (AKA local)=1 b=1 Why? I am expected that b=2
alias does not capture this pointer, it is rewritten as S.bigUglyName and you can refer to non-static fields as Type.member which is this.member in member functions (in D semantic differences of accessing static and non-static members are diluted)
