http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3546

           Summary: Aliasing an element of a static array should be legal
                    if the index is a compile time constant
           Product: D
           Version: 2.036
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Windows
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: nobody@puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: dsimcha@yahoo.com


--- Comment #0 from David Simcha <dsimcha@yahoo.com> 2009-11-23 18:04:51 PST ---
uint[3] foo;
alias foo[0] bar;

Error:
test8.d(2): Error: alias test8.bar cannot alias an expression foo[0]


Since foo is a static array and 0 is a compile time constant, there is no reason this shouldn't work.  It works with tuples, and static arrays really should offer a superset of tuple functionality because they are implemented the same way as tuples with all the same type.

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Manuel König <manuelk89@gmx.net> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Manuel König <manuelk89@gmx.net> 2010-10-11 12:57:33 PDT ---
I second that. You can even do that with some template magic, so it would be nice if the compiler could remove the burden to use such tricks from the developer:

In D1 I do:

template Aliasable(alias arg)
{
    alias arg Aliasable;
}

template Aliasable(arg...)
{
    static assert(arg.length == 1, "bad usage of Aliasable detected");
    alias arg Aliasable;
}

alias Aliasable!("foo") foo;
alias Aliasable!(int) MyInt;

I'm not sure if that handles all cases, and I've found a similar template for D2 in std.typetupl:

/*
 * [internal] With the builtin alias declaration, you cannot declare
 * aliases of, for example, literal values. You can alias anything
 * including literal values via this template.
 */
private
{
    // symbols and literal values
    template Alias(alias a)
    {
        static if (__traits(compiles, { alias a x; }))
            alias a Alias;
        else static if (__traits(compiles, { enum x = a; }))
            enum Alias = a;
        else
            static assert(0, "Cannot alias " ~ a.stringof);
    }
    // types and tuples
    template Alias(a...)
    {
        alias a Alias;
    }
}

unittest
{
    enum abc = 1;
    static assert(__traits(compiles, { alias Alias!(123) a; }));
    static assert(__traits(compiles, { alias Alias!(abc) a; }));
    static assert(__traits(compiles, { alias Alias!(int) a; }));
    static assert(__traits(compiles, { alias Alias!(1,abc,int) a; }));
}

So this MakeAliasable!(...) template was at least invented twice, which shows
there is a need :)

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Walter Bright <bugzilla@digitalmars.com> changed:

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