alias and mixin

[Dicebot via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Sunday, 31 August 2014 at 12:01:43 UTC, evilrat wrote:
> On Sunday, 31 August 2014 at 11:43:03 UTC, ketmar via 
> Digitalmars-d-learn wrote:
>> On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 11:26:47 +0000
>> evilrat via Digitalmars-d-learn 
>> <digitalmars-d-learn at puremagic.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> alias myint = mixin("int"); // <- basic type expected blah 
>>> blah
>>  mixin("alias myint = "~"int"~";");
>> ?
>
> wow, it works. i don't even think inverting it O_o
> you saved my day, thanks.

It is basically just an annoying grammar limitation that does not 
allow to use mixin / __traits as an identifier.