template cannot use local as parameter to non-global template

[Timon Gehr]

On 03/17/2013 05:15 PM, simendsjo wrote:
> On Sunday, 17 March 2013 at 15:45:54 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
>> On 03/17/2013 01:54 PM, simendsjo wrote:
>>> I get a lot of these errors, and they can be quite tricky to get around
>>> and hurts my API.. Is this a temporary restriction in DMD, or is it
>>> another reason why this doesn't work?
>>>
>>> Error: template instance template!local cannot use local 'local' as
>>> parameter to non-global template innerTemplate(alias T)
>>
>> http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5710
>
> Looks like the same issue. For me the use-case was a bit different though..
> I want to access struct members at CT only to look for UDAs, it's type etc.
> It works with workarounds, but the code gets ugly, and much convenience
> is lost..
>
> Too bad it looks like a wont-fix.

It is not a wont-fix, and it actually should work.