Preferred Alias Declaration Style

[Basile B.]

On Wednesday, 27 June 2018 at 14:29:18 UTC, Basile B. wrote:
> On Wednesday, 27 June 2018 at 14:23:25 UTC, Uknown wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 27 June 2018 at 14:01:06 UTC, Basile B. wrote:
>>> [...]
>>
>> You can use this syntax for functions :
>>
>> `alias proto_identifier = void function();`
>
> Nah it's not the same thing ;)
>
> ----
> void main()
> {
>     alias void proto_identifier_old();
>     alias proto_identifier_new = void function();
>     assert(!is(proto_identifier_old == proto_identifier_new)); 
> // passes
> }
> ----
>
> - proto_identifier_new is a function type (stuff)
> - proto_identifier_new is a function **pointer** type (e.g 
> &stuff)
>
> Actually my answer was more informative because i reported this 
> limitation years ago, see 
> https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16020.

Ah s**t i meant

- proto_identifier_old is a function type (stuff)
- proto_identifier_new is a function **pointer** type