Declare reference to variable ?

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On Monday, 29 July 2013 at 21:25:21 UTC, Temtaime wrote:
> No, i cannot.
>
> struct S {
> 	uint longnamed;
> }
>
> void main() {
> 	S somestruct;
>
> 	alias v = somestruct.longnamed;
> 	writeln(v);
> }
>
> Error: need 'this' for 'longnamed' of type 'uint'
>
> Is it a bug ?

I'd say this is something in between bug and enhancement request. 
Nothing explicitly states that alias should work this way but it 
matches concept of alias much better than current behavior.