DIP66 - Multiple alias this

[Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d]

On 10/10/2014 3:27 PM, Joseph Rushton Wakeling via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On 10/10/14 19:09, IgorStepanov via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>> I've created DIP for my pull request.
>> DIP: http://wiki.dlang.org/DIP66
>> PR: https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/pull/3998
>>
>> Please, comment it.
>
> This may be beyond the scope of the DIP, but is there any intention (or any
> need?) to set rules for how alias this should behave in the case of different
> protection levels for the base type and the alias?

I like the C++ rule that says that access control is not considered for name 
lookup. I know it makes for some annoying results, but the simplicity of the 
rule makes it much more understandable.

>
> I ask because there is a known issue related to this:
> https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10996
>
> ... but also because any rules set for this, might in principle affect the
> desirable priority rules for multiple alias this too.