[DIP] In-place struct initialization

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On Sunday, 31 July 2016 at 07:10:46 UTC, cym13 wrote:
> The proposed change is litteraly just equivalent to the already 
> existing struct initialization, just made usable:
>
>     struct S {
>         int a;
>         int b;
>     }
>
>     auto s = S(b:42);
>     // equivalent to
>     S s = { b:42 };
>
> Having the possibility to initialize structs without tying them 
> to a variable
> proves useful when combined with functions that take this 
> struct but those
> functions aren't directly impacted by the change.

I suggest extending the existing `S s = {field: value}` syntax to 
allow specifying the type itself next to the field list and make 
it usable generally everywhere.

So, instead:

takeThing(Thing{ field: val, num: 43 });

It shouldn't clash with anything else, I think.