DMD 1.031 and 2.015 releases

[Russell Lewis]

Jason House wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
> 
>> Some new stuff to make writing templates easier.
>>
>> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/1.0/changelog.html
>> http://ftp.digitalmars.com/dmd.1.031.zip
>>
>> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/changelog.html
>> http://ftp.digitalmars.com/dmd.2.015.zip
> 
> Why is "alias" required when specifying a template parameter?  It seems like
> the most accepting and general case.  Why wouldn't it be the default?

The default is to interpret it as a type.

I have argued that actually we need a "type" keyword (or something like 
it) to declare that a template parameter is a type.  IMHO, a parameter 
without a limiter should accept *any* type of valid parameter: type, 
alias, or value.