declaration with typedef

[Stanislav Blinov]

28.12.2010 20:42, David Nadlinger пишет:
> On 12/28/10 2:09 AM, Stanislav Blinov wrote:
>> I don't think I got what David meant with it either. Assigning instances
>> of the same type is perfectly valid as long as you do not define some
>> very peculiar opAssign.
>
> The point here is that person1 and person2 are not instances of the 
> same type, try compiling the following snippet:
>
> ---
> struct Human {
>    string name;
>    int age;
> }
>
> void main() {
>    Human person1;
>
>    typedef Human Mankind;
>    Mankind person2 = person1;
> }
> ---
>
Oh, right, I missed that one, sorry.

> This might not be what Hamad wanted to know when he asked »but why 
> that code works«, but I could think of no other reason why the snipped 
> he posted should fail to compile.
>
Yes, the original snippet should compile fine because typedef'd type 
isn't actually used in any way except for accessing fields, which of 
course have built-in types.