Library Typedefs are fundamentally broken

[Piotrek via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 17 September 2014 at 21:03:26 UTC, H. S. Teoh via 
Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 08:49:02PM +0000, Piotrek via 
> Digitalmars-d wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 17 September 2014 at 05:40:22 UTC, H. S. Teoh via
>> Digitalmars-d wrote:
>> >On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 03:05:57AM +0000, Adam D. Ruppe via 
>> >Digitalmars-d
>> >wrote:
>> >>I don't think I've used any kind of typedef for a long time. 
>> >>I
>> >>prefer to just use a plain struct.
>> >
>> >Yeah, I found structs + alias this far more useful than any 
>> >kind of
>> >typedef. Due to the way alias this lookups work, you can 
>> >basically
>> >"customize" the underlying type by defining the appropriate 
>> >struct
>> >methods to shadow the underlying type's, thereby achieving a 
>> >kind of
>> >"static inheritance".
>> >
>> >
>> >T
>> 
>> Do you think it's worth to mention it in "Comments" section of 
>> the
>> docs?
> [...]
>
> Sure. Which page?
>
>
> T

Now this is a good question :)


http://dlang.org/library/std/typecons.html
or
http://dlang.org/library/std/typecons/Typedef.html


Do we have any guideline for users comments?
Moreover, I've just stared wondering if the new layout if 
officially released .

Piotrek