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digitalmars.D.bugs - [Issue 3011] New: alias, typedef should have assignment syntax

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           Summary: alias, typedef should have assignment syntax
           Product: D
           Version: 2.027
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: bugzilla digitalmars.com
        ReportedBy: dhasenan gmail.com


alias and typedef should have assignment syntax to correspond with assignments
and renamed imports.

Whenever I see or want to write "alias a b", it takes some thinking to remember
what order the arguments should be in. If aliases worked as "alias newsymbol =
existingsymbol", it would be trivial to determine which symbol is new and which
it refers to.

Typedef has the same ugly syntax, so the same change should apply to it.

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Nick Treleaven <ntrel-public yahoo.co.uk> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Platform|x86                         |All
            Version|2.027                       |D2
         OS/Version|Linux                       |All



08:50:26 PDT ---
I removed typedef from the title as it is now deprecated in D2.

Besides assignment syntax having consistency with renamed imports and variable
declarations, the current alias syntax is awkward to read and confusing for
newcomers.

Alias assignment syntax should also be used for alias this:

struct Foo {
    alias this = foo;
    ...
}

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09:02:28 PDT ---
Also alias is often used to alias symbols, not just types. So using C typedef
syntax is weird, especially now typedef is deprecated in D.

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https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/pull/1187

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Commits pushed to master at https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd

https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/commit/796aba2877e2db672806c2f2562e0c5a2f30ab17
fix Issue 3011 - alias should have assignment syntax

https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/commit/6c01188d71433508bc4c0af6b821a97e8df2e986


[enh] Issue 3011 - alias should have assignment syntax

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Commits pushed to master at
https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/d-programming-language.org

https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/d-programming-language.org/commit/2248b317d50d0ab109e3e816a0c16b05b4631bbd
fix Issue 3011 - alias should have assignment syntax

https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/d-programming-language.org/commit/5668f12dbb296b485df58fbcab2fc4188c30d3b9


Issue 3011 - alias should have assignment syntax

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yebblies <yebblies gmail.com> changed:

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                 CC|                            |yebblies gmail.com



Is this finished now?

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Kenji Hara <k.hara.pg gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |FIXED





 Is this finished now?


Yes. I close this now.

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