Deprecated typedef

[Don]

On 16.12.2011 08:41, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> I know that this might be too late but wouldn't it be possible to defer
> the error message about typedef to later in the compile phase. Making it
> possible to put a typedef in a version statement, something like:
>
> version (D_Version2) {}
> else {
> typedef int foo;
> }
>
> This would allow to both support D1 and D2 in a library without the need
> for string mixins. Obviously the compiler still knows about typedef
> since it can give a proper error message about it so I was hoping it
> wouldn't have to be as the case with the new D2 keywords which do
> require a string mixin if you're supporting both D1 and D2.
>

Why not just change your D1 code to use alias instead of typedef?