alias parameters and basic types

[Lodovico Giaretta via Digitalmars-d]

Hi,

I know this has been discussed before (like, before I started 
using D on a daily basis and hanging around in the forums), but...

Is there a reason why alias parameters do not accept basic types? 
Will this be changed somewhere in the future, as many asked for 
it? It is very surprising the first time it doesn't work and you 
are forced to add overloads...

Thank you for your answers.

Some quick links:
https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1100
https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3116
https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4639
https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8491
https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9029