"Walter Bright" <newshou...@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:jkb2v6$kq4$2...@digitalmars.com... > On 3/20/2012 3:58 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote: >> Alias in particular is a much bigger deal than it seems since it's >> seemingly >> trivial but can be *incredibly* helpful with templates *and* with >> importing. > > I'd have to agree with this. I find it amazing that other languages > entirely miss the boat on this. > > C++ has a very crippled version of it in "template template parameters".
I particulary love how D's alias is used to disambiguate symbol conflicts. Brilliant approach. I know I wouldn't have thought of it.