Moritz Warning wrote:
On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:37:07 -0600, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
My perception following the discussion around typedef is that we should
eliminate it. What we offer is "alias", which is a generalization of C's
"typedef", and the change of name is justified by the fact that "alias"
defines aliases for more entities than just types.
Does all that sound good?
Andrei
Sounds good to me.
typedef void* FooRef;
can be replaced by (at least in most cases):
struct Foo {};
alias Foo* FooRef;
Even better:
struct Foo;
alias Foo* FooRef;
That way people won't be able to erroneously pass Foo by value.
Andrei
