Variant confusion

[Jesse Phillips]

On Monday, 11 March 2013 at 15:25:55 UTC, Peter Sommerfeld wrote:
> Jesse Phillips wrote:
>> Oh, the new alias syntax is in?
>
> Hmmm, I'm new to D, why should I use the old one? And I like
> the new one more too, it is more descriptive IMHO.

I just didn't know it made it in yet, so many changes going into 
release nowadays.

> Seems I have to dig into the implementation for a workaround  
> or use
> my own union to integrate the types.

Sorry should have mentioned Variants track their stored type. 
Glad you got it though.