multiple `alias this` suggestion

[Carl Sturtivant via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 3 May 2017 at 19:52:46 UTC, Daniel N wrote:
> On Wednesday, 3 May 2017 at 19:41:58 UTC, Daniel N wrote:
>> On Saturday, 29 April 2017 at 23:57:07 UTC, Carl Sturtivant 
>> wrote:
>>> On Thursday, 27 April 2017 at 05:41:43 UTC, Daniel N wrote:
>>>
>>> Even better, with alias for embedded aliased-to-this structs 
>>> made working usefully, name management can be done before 
>>> embedding the features, by having another layer of embedding 
>>> as in my earlier example here.
>>> https://forum.dlang.org/post/hvdmtvjvccbkmkjzuclm@forum.dlang.org
>>>
>>
>> OK, you have a point.
>>
>> I realise syntax is the least important part of this proposal, 
>> but "alias this" is the only alias that still is backwards...
>>
>> If you do write a DIP at least consider this:
>> alias this : entity, render;
>
> PS One could of course eat the cake and keep it still, at the 
> cost of additional complexity.
>
> Distributed and prioritized:
> alias this : a_prio1, a_prio2, a_prio3;
> alias this : b_prio1, b_prio2;
>
> any a* could clash with any b* but a:s wont clash with their 
> own kind since they are internally prioritised the same goes 
> for b:s.

Reasonable. I may eventually resort to this possibility, but 
right now I am trying to force out the consequences of avoiding 
this extra complexity. (And syntax, yes, noted.)

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