typedef: what's it good for?

[Matti Niemenmaa]

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> * typedef is hopelessly broken in very many ways
> 
> * nobody noticed (i.e. no bugzilla reports), so probably nobody uses it

No Bugzilla reports? Here're just a few:

http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=632
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1335
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1344
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1595

I use typedefs of integral types in one project, mostly because I read 
the D spec when I started out and thought it'd be a good idea, but 
because of 1335 and 1344 I eventually realized it wasn't such a good 
idea after all.

I do still use them, but I wouldn't miss them much if they were gone.