...T);
        if (myType !in serializationMethods) {
            writeln("Registering type ", myType);
            serializationMethods[myType] = (&T.serializeDefaultImpl!T).funcptr...

...to use on a parameter of that type.

Implicitly converting is an operation that you...

...alias this implicitly converts to the target type in order to exclude it, but then...

...s quirk of making the return type be the type given with is expressions in...

...type can't be treated as if it were the same as its "parent" type...

...inheritance, it would not be creating at type hierarchy at all. It would purely be...

...conversions or a way to use one type as another (though templated code could use...

...check if it inherits from the parent type to work.

I'm ok with this...

...s also not much more effort to type out the property functions. So, I don...

...still need access to the child most type to do the introspection upon, and that...