D import idiom compilation time

Tue Jan 8 13:40:51 UTC 2019

On Tuesday, 8 January 2019 at 10:54:24 UTC, Martin Tschierschke 
wrote:
> I realized that UFCS would work only if the alias is defined 
> outside of main();
>
> Is this a bug or a feature? Don't know if this can be solved.

It is by design - UFCS only considered for global symbols. The 
idea is to simplify the reasoning process for finding .members by 
eliminating local scopes from the search (supposed to make ide 
stuff easier, etc)

Whether this is good design or not is left up to the reader.