http://d.puremagic.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=184

           Summary: Cannot forward reference typedef within struct
           Product: D
           Version: 0.160
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: rejects-valid
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P3
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: bugzilla@digitalmars.com
        ReportedBy: deewiant@gmail.com


struct vegetarian {
        carrots areYummy;
}

typedef ptrdiff_t carrots;

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The above code fails to compile, producing the error "size of type ptrdiff_t is not known" twice.

Changing the typedef to an alias or placing it before the struct causes it to compile correctly.

I can't think of a good reason for why this would be an actual limitation, so I think it's a bug.


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