[Issue 6474] New: aliasing type tuple elements' members is onerous

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           Summary: aliasing type tuple elements' members is onerous
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: nobody at puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: ellery-newcomer at utulsa.edu


--- Comment #0 from Ellery Newcomer <ellery-newcomer at utulsa.edu> 2011-08-11 19:32:04 PDT ---
code like 

struct X(T){
    alias T TT;
}
alias TypeTuple!(int,int, X!string) G;
alias G[2].TT TT; // <-- parse failure

doesn't work. It's just not built in to the D grammar.

Of course, the workaround is simply

alias G[2] G2;
alias G2.TT TT;

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