This needs to be fixed - ref

[Timon Gehr]

On 9/2/24 11:53, Nick Treleaven wrote:
> On Saturday, 31 August 2024 at 12:43:53 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
>> On 8/31/24 11:23, Nick Treleaven wrote:
>>>
>>> So the following error makes sense:
>>>
>>>      alias x = s.expand[0];
>>>      x.writeln(); // Error: accessing non-static variable `x` 
>>> requires an instance of `S`
>>
>> It would be consistent, but it does not make sense.
> 
> Why not?

Because it does not just work. The thing it is consistent with does not 
make sense in the first place. What do we gain from this not working?