Aliases

[BCS]

All of the below add members or variables to whatever they are in. The 
alias solution is 100% compile time, and has no effect on the structure 
layout.

Walter Bright wrote:
> Reiner Pope wrote:
> 
>>   int[2] nodes;
>>   alias nodes[0] left;
>>   alias nodes[1] right;
> 
> 
> How about:
> 
>     auto left = &nodes[0];
>     auto right = &nodes[1];
> 
> Or:
> 
>     auto left = (){ return nodes[0]; }
>     auto right = (){ return nodes[1]; }
> 
>>   class Foo
>>   {
>>     void DoSomething() {...}
>>   }
>>
>>   class FooHandle
>>   {
>>     Foo myFoo;
>>     alias myFoo.DoSomething DoSomething;
>>   }
> 
> 
> Or:
>     auto DoSomething = &myFoo.DoSomething;
> 

This one might be non-doable with the alias as it will almost certainly 
requirer some translation code.