alias restriction??!

[Paul Backus]

On Saturday, 18 July 2020 at 18:46:16 UTC, Carl Sturtivant wrote:
> Here's a toy version of a problem in the wild.
>
> struct S {
>     long first;
>     union T {
>         long one;
>         double two;
>     }
>     T second;
>     alias First = first;
>     alias Second = second.one;
> }
>
> void main() {
>     S x;
>     x.First = 4;
>     x.Second = 5; // compilation error: "Error: need this for 
> one of type long"
> }

Easiest workaround:

ref inout(long) Second() inout { return second.one; }