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The problem is alias this is too complex, and has introduced...

...betterC subset too complex.

What facility of 'alias this' is it intended to preserve?  If...

...giving structs inheritance as part of replacing alias this.

2. I want a way to...

...mixin("import thingMod = "~fullyQualifiedName!(__traits(parent, Thing))~";");
    alias serialiserFor = thingMod.serialise;
}
```

## app.d

```d
module...

...alias mod = __traits(parent, T);
        alias serialiseOf = mod.serialise;
    }
    else
    {
        static import default_serialise;
        alias...

...solution to this inter-module template-type-alias problem is:

1. In the target module...

...public @property T read()
    {
        return volatileLoad(&value);
    }
    alias read this;

    public void opAssign(T value...

Ah... very nice. I completely missed that "alias this" could be used with a function...

...PM, Josh Holtrop wrote:

>>   alias get this;
>
> If I use `alias this` I don't...

...data[];
    this ~= _data;
    titleLength = _data.length;
  }
  alias opReturn this;

  @property auto opReturn() inout
  ...