DIP66 - Multiple alias this

[Jacob Carlborg via Digitalmars-d]

On 2014-10-11 00:52, Walter Bright wrote:

> 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'm not so sure about that. Perhaps it makes it more understandable for 
a language designer. But not for a user. You try to call a function but 
you get a conflict with a private symbol. The user will get frustrated 
thinking: "stupid compiler, of course I want to call the public function".

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/Jacob Carlborg