Does D have too many features?

[Timon Gehr]

On 04/28/2012 10:02 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 4/28/2012 12:36 PM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
>> Also there's mixin templates. What exactly is the difference between
>> mixin templates and regular templates?
>
> A mixin template is instantiated in context of the instantiation point,
> while a regular template is instantiated in the context of the template
> definition point.
>
> This becomes relevant when looking up symbols that are not defined
> within the template.

The implementation seems to disagree:

int x;
template X(){ // not a mixin template
     void y(){x=2;}
}

class C{
     int x;
     mixin X; // picks up local 'x'
}

void main(){
     auto c = new C;
     c.y();
     import std.stdio;
     writeln(x," ",c.x); // "0 2"
}

Or am I misunderstanding your statement?