Alias question ( 1.0 )

[Walter Bright]

Edward Diener wrote:
> I am trying to understand the difference between and alias type and an 
> alias declaration.

An alias type works analogously to C's typedef. An alias declaration 
gives an alternate name for any other name, like:

     alias foo.bar baz;

is sort of equivalent to the C:

     #define baz foo.bar

> Is the distinction such that if the next token after 'alias' is a type, 
> then the alias always refers to the full type including that token 
> before the final alias name, but if the next token after 'alias' is not 
> a type then the alias always refers to the complete declaration before 
> the final alias name ?

Right.