Libdparse needs to be updated to recognize AliasAssign declarations
user1234
user1234 at 12.de
Tue May 4 18:48:21 UTC 2021
On Tuesday, 4 May 2021 at 14:12:28 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
> On Tuesday, 4 May 2021 at 14:07:47 UTC, WebFreak001 wrote:
>> however what about this code?
>> ```d
>> void foo() {
>> alias A = B;
>> A = C;
>> }
>> ```
>>
>> is the `A = C` in this case an AliasAssign? how would the
>> parser differentiate between this AliasAssign and regular
>> assignments?
>
> AliasAssign is only allowed in declaration contexts--the top
> level of a module, or the body of a `struct`, `class`,
> `template`, etc. In these contexts, a normal assignment
> statement is not allowed, so there is no ambiguity.
Am i wrong to think that even without this rule the difference
could be made during semantic by testing if the assign lhs is an
alias ?
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