UFCS overrides alias this

[anonymous via Digitalmars-d]

On Sunday, 12 April 2015 at 20:48:57 UTC, Freddy wrote:
> ----test.d
> static import std.range;
> alias empty=std.range.empty;
> struct A{
> 	string b;
> 	alias b this;
> }
>
> struct MyRange{
> 	
> }
> char front(MyRange);
> void popFront(ref MyRange);
> bool empty(MyRange);
>
> void test(A a){
> 	a.empty;
> }
> ----
> $ dmd -o- test
> test.d(16): Error: overload alias 'empty' is not a variable
> ----
> No idea what dmd is doing.

Looks like order matters.

This works:

bool empty(MyRange);
alias empty = std.range.empty;

This doesn't:

alias empty = std.range.empty;
bool empty(MyRange);

I don't know if there's a reason for that or if dmd is just being 
silly.