The worst Phobos template (in binderoo)

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On 09/29/2016 07:02 PM, David Nadlinger wrote:
> On Thursday, 29 September 2016 at 13:58:44 UTC, Eugene Wissner wrote:
>> Any chance to get this one working:
>>
>> import std.typecons;
>>
>> enum Stuff
>> {
>>     asdf,
>> }
>>
>> void main()
>> {
>>     BitFlags!Stuff a;
>>     mixin(__traits(fullyQualifiedName, typeof(a)) ~ " c;");
>> }
> 
> This wouldn't be a correct use of the feature anyway, since it runs into
> all sorts of fundamental issues with imports/scoping, aliases and
> templates. Using .stringof/fullyQualifiedName to generate a reference to
> a type or symbol in a string mixin is a mistake, period. Unfortunately,
> the misconception that they *are* code generation tools is fairly
> wide-spread, to the point where dlang.org contains a similarly
> misleading comment. [1]

What are the issues with fullyQualifiedName in that context? I mean
other than Voldemort types of course. I'd expect `static import` +
`fullyQualifiedName` combo to be reasonably reliable and used it a lot
in the past. Do you refer to aliases with changed protection attributes?

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