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[Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole]

On 17/12/2025 10:02 AM, jmh530 wrote:
> On Tuesday, 16 December 2025 at 20:45:21 UTC, Richard (Rikki) Andrew 
> Cattermole wrote:
>> [snip]
>>
>> I have my own plans, but they'll need to be discussed next month.
>>
>> https://forum.dlang.org/post/llqcjziyurwmyhzseonm@forum.dlang.org
>>
>> We don't need alias this semantic, but we do need a fallback lookup 
>> via a method.
>>
>> Get rid of the overriding capability, and let things stay single 
>> inheritance.
> 
> As was said above, I think people would have an open mind so long as 
> there is an upgrade path. I think a lot of people would have trouble 
> with removing "alias this" without one.

Yeah absolutely.

But there will be some behavior that won't be replicated wrt. 
overriding, and that is an intentional breakage.

For instance I don't want fields supported, just a single method.
You don't need fields supported.

```d
T field;

ref T opDispatch(string op : "") => field;
```

Longer sure, (and yes there are opinions about a different signature), 
but it'll optimize out and keeps it being a simpler feature.

I'm sure once discussed it'll change, I would be surprised if it 
survives a meeting for what I came up with.