DMD 1.031 and 2.015 releases

[Robert Fraser]

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?

Really? I have never had a use for an alias parameter (although I guess 
most types could work as alias parameters) except using an un-speced 
trick with regards to their name mangling. They seem way to permissive.