Some special interest thingamabob:

I've tried to redefine "else if" as "elif" using "alias elif = else if;". No matter what to no avail.

I know this is probably useless fancy stuff, but is there any way to get this done without much ado?

On Sunday 13 September 2015 21:47, Thunderbird wrote:

> Some special interest thingamabob:
> 
> I've tried to redefine "else if" as "elif" using "alias elif = else if;". No matter what to no avail.
> 
> I know this is probably useless fancy stuff, but is there any way to get this done without much ado?

no

On Sunday, 13 September 2015 at 19:51:38 UTC, anonymous wrote:
> On Sunday 13 September 2015 21:47, Thunderbird wrote:
>
>> Some special interest thingamabob:
>> 
>> I've tried to redefine "else if" as "elif" using "alias elif = else if;". No matter what to no avail.
>> 
>> I know this is probably useless fancy stuff, but is there any way to get this done without much ado?
>
> no

Thanks for your quick reply :)

On Sunday, 13 September 2015 at 19:52:20 UTC, Thunderbird wrote:
> Thanks for your quick reply :)

To expand on that, alias in D is nothing like the C macro preprocessor. D specifically disallows tricks like `#define true false`. In D, aliases are just another name for a symbol. Ex:

struct Test
{
    int n;
    float f;
}

alias IntFloat = Test; //IntFloat is just another name for Test

Test t = Test(0, 1.0);
IntFloat inf = IntFloat(0, 1.0);

//Test and IntFloat are NOT separate types.
//Use std.typecons.Typedef for that
assert(t == inf);
assert(is(typeof(t) == typeof(inf));

On Monday, 14 September 2015 at 07:11:38 UTC, Meta wrote:
> On Sunday, 13 September 2015 at 19:52:20 UTC, Thunderbird wrote:
>> Thanks for your quick reply :)
>
> To expand on that, alias in D is nothing like the C macro preprocessor. D specifically disallows tricks like `#define true false`. In D, aliases are just another name for a symbol. Ex:
>
> struct Test
> {
>     int n;
>     float f;
> }
>
> alias IntFloat = Test; //IntFloat is just another name for Test
>
> Test t = Test(0, 1.0);
> IntFloat inf = IntFloat(0, 1.0);
>
> //Test and IntFloat are NOT separate types.
> //Use std.typecons.Typedef for that
> assert(t == inf);
> assert(is(typeof(t) == typeof(inf));

Thanks for elaborating!