typedef deprecated - now what ?

[Stewart Gordon]

On 31/12/2011 13:34, Trass3r wrote:
> Basically it was deprecated because it's poorly defined and implemented.
<snip>

Would you care to elaborate?  Moreover, if that's the only reason then 
why not improve it rather than getting rid of it?

> There are several types of typedefs that need to be available: parallel,
> opaque, supertype and subtype.
> See http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5467

I see.  So the built-in typedef is closest in semantics to subtype, but 
leaves bits to be desired.

Stewart.