Error: type XXX is not an expression

[Era Scarecrow]

On Monday, 2 September 2013 at 04:49:46 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> You can't alias a type to this. You need to instantiate it 
> first, then alias the instance to this (because 'this' is an 
> object, not a type). For example:
>
> 	struct S {}
> 	struct T {
> 		//alias S this;  // NG: S is a type
> 		S s;
> 		alias s this;	// OK: s is an instance of S
> 	}

   Curiously the earlier version (v2.60?) Allowed this, but it was
an Enum (not a struct) that was being aliased. If memory serves
me right, you can alias a function as 'this' as well.

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