std.string import cleanup: how to fix regression?

[H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d]

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 07:27:57PM +0000, Ilya Yaroshenko via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> alias can not be deprecated :-(
> >
> >What about:
> >
> >static import std.algorithm : startsWith, endsWith, cmp, count;
> >static import std.array : join, split;
> >
> >deprecated {
> >    alias startsWith = std.algorithm.startsWith;
> >    ...
> >}

Maybe we should file an enhancement request to make alias deprecatable.
I know recently someone asked for the 'module' declaration to be
deprecatable, and it was implemented. Maybe it's time to extend that to
aliases too. :-)


T

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