DIP66 - Multiple alias this

[Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d]

On 10/11/2014 3:42 AM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> On 2014-10-11 00:52, Walter Bright wrote:
>
>> I like the C++ rule that says that access control is not considered for
>> name lookup. I know it makes for some annoying results, but the
>> simplicity of the rule makes it much more understandable.
>
> I'm not so sure about that. Perhaps it makes it more understandable for a
> language designer. But not for a user. You try to call a function but you get a
> conflict with a private symbol. The user will get frustrated thinking: "stupid
> compiler, of course I want to call the public function".

The theory is that simpler rules are better than complex rules, even if the 
simpler rules aren't always ideal.