On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 08:04:44PM +0200, Timon Gehr wrote:
[...]
> The general idea is useful, but there are issues.
>
> 'this' is the wrong keyword for the job. A class or struct instance is
> very different from a template instance and the proposed usage would
> clash with existing and useful ones. (assuming that it would work for
> symbol lookups in addition to declarations) 'template' or maybe
> 'scope' would be superior choices.
What about "this template"? Clear, self-documenting, and unambiguous.
template X(T) {
alias const(T) this template;
}
T
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