Alias Vs. Enum?

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On Sunday, 7 January 2018 at 03:52:53 UTC, Stefan Koch wrote:
> The compiler can only alias to symbols and not to values.
> therefore enum was chosen for manifest constants.
>
> That alias can bind to values in template-parameters is useful 
> but not exactly consistent :)

Not only that, but alias can bind to values if they're from a 
template alias parameter, hence std.meta.Alias. Instead of doing 
that silly dance, alias should simply take values as well.

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