Library Typedefs are fundamentally broken

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 9/18/14, 11:45 PM, Marco Leise wrote:
> Am Fri, 19 Sep 2014 05:53:00 +0000
> schrieb "bearophile" <bearophileHUGS at lycos.com>:
>
>> Andrei Alexandrescu:
>>
>>> Wyatt:
>>>> (I wouldn't consider the cookie parameter a better solution; I
>>>> would consider it a wart.)
>>>
>>> That's the right solution.
>>
>> The cookie parameter is a ugly wart.
>>
>> Bye,
>> bearophile
>
> We should probably revert to having real typedefs.

Should not.

> I find myself not using Typedef either. Instead I use wrapper
> structs with alias this, because they fit the shoe much better
> by introducing a unique symbol in a straight forward way :)
>
> Rationale
>
> Typedef is not flexible enough to cover all use cases.
> This is better done with a language solution.

What's missing?


Andrei