[Issue 7897] Problem with alias template parameter

Fri Apr 20 16:48:44 PDT 2012

http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=7897

Walter Bright <bugzilla at digitalmars.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|REOPENED                    |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID

--- Comment #6 from Walter Bright <bugzilla at digitalmars.com> 2012-04-20 16:49:40 PDT ---
> AliasTheInt!( thing.x )();  // this is the problem

Right. It's a problem because thing.x is being passed as an *alias* parameter.
An alias must be symbol, not a computation on a symbol. thing.x is semantically
equivalent to:

   *(&thing + x.offsetof)

which is not a symbol.

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