On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Timon Gehr
<timon.gehr@gmx.ch> wrote:
On 06/22/2013 11:51 PM, Timothee Cour wrote:
<mailto:
timon.gehr@gmx.ch>> wrote:
On 06/22/2013 09:52 PM, Timothee Cour wrote:
Is there a reason the language spec disallows this?
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void main(){
auto a=mixin("1");//OK
alias b=a;//OK
mixin("alias c=a;");//OK
// alias c=mixin("a");//NG : Error: basic type expected,
not mixin
}
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No, it is arbitrary.
that's what i thought!
same with template mixin's being restricated.
?
they're restricted to declarations. I don't see the need for such restriction.
... can we fix it?
it makes for cleaner code.
It surely could be fixed if you want to spend the time hacking on DMD.
I think the grammar is somewhat poorly designed in general.