`alias this` pointers and typeof(null)

[Benjamin Thaut via Digitalmars-d]

On Friday, 29 January 2016 at 13:38:20 UTC, Tomer Filiba wrote:
>
> I can change all such invocations into ``func(FooPtr(null))`` 
> but it's tedious and basically requires me to compile tens of 
> times before I'd cover everything. Is there some workaround to 
> make null implicitly convertible to my alias-this type? I mean, 
> it's Foo* would accept `typeof(null)` so why can't FooPtr with 
> an alias-this to Foo* do so too?
>
> -tomer

Unfortunately D is strictly against implict conversion, so there 
is no way to do this. I also hit this issue a couple of times 
already. But implicitly calling a constructor in C++ is 
considered error prone and therefor not supported in D.

Kind Regards
Benjamin Thaut