Why can't I give a function's return type the scope storage class?

[jmh530]

On Tuesday, 19 March 2019 at 02:03:12 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
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> It can be improved. But my focus at the moment is getting 
> Phobos to compile with -dip1000.

BTW, did you see this:
https://atilaoncode.blog/2019/03/13/issues-dip1000-cant-yet-catch/