Type Inference for Struct/Enum Literals

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On Monday, 8 July 2024 at 17:56:01 UTC, Quirin Schroll wrote:
> Considering how `$` is used in D, that is weird. Given that we 
> have `this.x` in a class, why not `module.x` for “global” (i.e. 
> module-scope) stuff?

This is a very clever idea, especially since the `module` keyword 
is not currently utilised outside the module declaration, and 
people don't often need the module scope operator to begin with.
On the other hand, `enum` is already used for a few things, and 
it's a bit long, making it . Not a terrible idea, but it lacks 
the elegant simplicity of `.`. And what's the point of replacing 
module scope op with `module` if we don't re-use `.` anyway?
All of this is still breaking syntax though, which more people 
than ever seem to be against now that we're about to have syntax 
backwards compatibility.