[Issue 15839] this.outer is of wrong type

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https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15839

Martin Nowak <code at dawg.eu> changed:

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--- Comment #6 from Martin Nowak <code at dawg.eu> ---
(In reply to Kenji Hara from comment #4)
> Note that, compiler cannot determine whether the start() makes a closure
> environment or not at the place where 'this.outer' is used. Because of that,
> the .outer property should have void* type, to be consistent with the
> lexical scope nesting.

But this.outer always refers to the enclosing function even if no closure is
required, right? A this.outer that is typed as void* and either refers to an
enclosing function or an enclosing class would be highly confusing.

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