Re: Declare reference to variable ?

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On Monday, 29 July 2013 at 21:25:21 UTC, Temtaime wrote:
No, i cannot.
struct S {
        uint longnamed;
}

void main() {
        S somestruct;

        alias v = somestruct.longnamed;
        writeln(v);
}

Error: need 'this' for 'longnamed' of type 'uint'

Is it a bug ?

I'd say this is something in between bug and enhancement request. 
Nothing explicitly states that alias should work this way but it 
matches concept of alias much better than current behavior.