typedef redux

[Moritz Warning]

On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:37:07 -0600, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

> My perception following the discussion around typedef is that we should
> eliminate it. What we offer is "alias", which is a generalization of C's
> "typedef", and the change of name is justified by the fact that "alias"
> defines aliases for more entities than just types.
> 
> Does all that sound good?
> 
> 
> Andrei

Sounds good to me.

typedef void* FooRef;

can be replaced by (at least in most cases):

struct Foo {};
alias Foo* FooRef;