Assigning to class struct member leading to unexpected behavior.

[Paul Backus]

On Thursday, 28 January 2021 at 01:43:13 UTC, Paul wrote:
> I'm experiencing a compile error, but for the life of me, I 
> cannot figure out what is wrong.
>
> I'll try to keep it short but the code is roughly as follows:
>> class Window{
>>    Screen screen;
>>    alias screen this;
>>
>>     this() {
>>         Screen s = {bottom_f: {[0, 1]}};
>>         this.screen = s; // Works
>>         this.screen = {bottom_f: {[0, 1]}}; // Leads to the 
>> list of errors below
>>     }

The braced-initializer syntax only works in declarations, not 
assignments.

Screen s = {bottom_f: {[0, 1]}}; // Ok - this is a declaration
this.screen = {bottom_f: {[0, 1]}}; // No good - this is an 
assignment