Integer conversions too pedantic in 64-bit

[bearophile]

Daniel Gibson:

> void main() {
>    size_t x;
>    writefln(typeof(x).stringof);
> }
> try this, too ;-)
> 
> Because it's an alias the information about size_t gone at runtime and 
> the "real" type is shown. uint in your case. (Here - gdc on amd64 - it's 
> ulong).

I think both typeof() and stringof are compile-time things.

And regarding lost alias information I suggest to do as Clang does:
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5004

Bye,
bearophile