string mixin and alias

[Andre Pany via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Friday, 29 July 2016 at 12:11:44 UTC, pineapple wrote:
> On Friday, 29 July 2016 at 06:38:17 UTC, Andre Pany wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> is there a way to alias a string mixin?
>> Neither foo nor foo2 compiles.
>>
>> import std.meta : Alias;
>> alias foo = (s) => Alias!(mixin(generateCode(s)));
>> alias foo2(string s) = Alias!(mixin(generateCode(s)));
>>
>> string generateCode(string s){return "";}
>>
>> void main()
>> {
>>   enum s = "a = 2 + 3; b = 4 + a;";
>>   foo(s);
>>   foo2(s);
>> }
>>
>> Kind regards
>> André
>
> It's not clear what you're trying to accomplish. What would you 
> expect this code to do?

It is more or less syntax sugar. In the main function instead
of writing "mixin(generateCode(s));" I want to write "foo(s);".
So, the mixin statement is hidden while the functionality of 
mixin stays.

Kind regards
André