`alias x = v.x;` not working in struct bodies?

[Paul Backus]

On Saturday, 20 January 2024 at 15:34:59 UTC, Max Samukha wrote:
> Disregard that. I assumed there was 'alias this' in the OP's 
> example. Now the question is, should this work:
>
> ```
> struct S
> {
>     int x;
> }
>
> struct S2
> {
>     S s;
>     alias this = s;
>     alias x = S.x;
> }
>
> auto x = S2().x; // Error: need 'this'
> ```
> ?

`alias this` is used as a fallback for member lookup when no 
symbol with the requested name exists. Since you declared a 
symbol named `x` in `S2`, there is no need to fall back to `alias 
this` when attempting to look up `S2().x`.