typedef redux

Max Samukha spambox at d-coding.com
Thu Nov 12 07:45:25 PST 2009


On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:37:07 -0600, Andrei Alexandrescu
<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:

>My perception following the discussion around typedef is that we should 
>eliminate it. What we offer is "alias", which is a generalization of C's 
>"typedef", and the change of name is justified by the fact that "alias" 
>defines aliases for more entities than just types.
>
>Does all that sound good?
>
>
>Andrei

After having tried typedefs a couple of times, I gave up on them and
have never regretted. I won't miss them.



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