Library Typedefs are fundamentally broken

[H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d]

On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 03:05:57AM +0000, Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> I don't think I've used any kind of typedef for a long time. I prefer
> to just use a plain struct.

Yeah, I found structs + alias this far more useful than any kind of
typedef. Due to the way alias this lookups work, you can basically
"customize" the underlying type by defining the appropriate struct
methods to shadow the underlying type's, thereby achieving a kind of
"static inheritance".


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