Can now use alias for collapsing multiple fields in nested structs

[Basile B.]

On Saturday, 4 January 2025 at 20:01:33 UTC, Nick Treleaven wrote:
> On Thursday, 2 January 2025 at 21:14:25 UTC, ryuukk_ wrote:
>> On Thursday, 2 January 2025 at 19:08:06 UTC, Walter Bright 
>> wrote:
>>> [...]
>>
>> that's hard to learn, why is it possible to do `outter.b = 42`?
>
> That's how it works in C11. The spec shows some useful use 
> cases:
>
> https://dlang.org/spec/struct.html#anonymous
>
>> ```
>> struct outer {
>>     int a;
>>     struct {
>>         int b;
>>         int c;
>>     } inner;
>>     int d;
>> }
>> ```
>>
>> now it is easier to learn, it is an anonymous struct called 
>> `inner`
>
> That complicates the parser, beginners would forget to type the 
> `;` after a struct definition and get confused at the parse 
> errors.
>
> Why do you need an anonymous struct type there? Naming it and 
> using the struct name for `inner` isn't difficult, and it 
> doesn't seem needed that often.

anonymous structs are only useful in unions. dot end of the 
story. Or eventually that can help to have better header. You're 
just silly quys.