how to instrument dmd compiler to dump all references to a given symbol?

[Seb]

On Sunday, 14 January 2018 at 02:36:02 UTC, Timothee Cour wrote:
> eg:
>
> how to instrument dmd compiler to dump all references to a 
> given symbol?
> eg: for `A.a` it should output the locations marked with HERE
> any help/starting points would be appreciated!
>
> ```
> Struct A{
> int a;
>  void fun(){
>   a++; // HERE
>   alias b=a;
>  b++; // HERE
>  }
> }
>
> void fun(){
>  int a; // NOT HERE
>  A b;
>  b.a ++ ; // HERE
> }
> ```

I don't know what you are trying to achieve, but `deprecated` 
could work for you. At least it's an easy way to get all 
locations using a symbol:

https://run.dlang.io/is/ICv9lH