https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20945

Stanislav Blinov <stanislav.blinov@gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Keywords|                            |accepts-invalid

--

https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20945

Boris Carvajal <boris2.9@gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 CC|                            |boris2.9@gmail.com

--- Comment #1 from Boris Carvajal <boris2.9@gmail.com> ---
There's one usage of this in Phobos even though it doesn't work.

std/range/package.d
----------------------------
// This doesn't work yet
static if (allSameType)
{
    alias ElementType = ref RvalueElementType;
}
else
{
----------------------------

--

https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20945

--- Comment #2 from Stanislav Blinov <stanislav.blinov@gmail.com> ---
...and that's been there since 2009

https://github.com/dlang/phobos/commit/e486c557bcb590b54bd414718c30c09fa6536e63

I'm almost tempted to make a PR that would add a "and never will" to that comment.

--

https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20945

--- Comment #3 from Stanislav Blinov <stanislav.blinov@gmail.com> ---
All of these compile:

alias st = static int;
alias au = auto int;
alias sc = scope int;
alias ov = override int;
alias ab = abstract int;
alias sy = synchronized int;
alias nt = nothrow int;
alias pu = pure int;
alias re = ref int;

And none of them should, ideally with a message such as:

`ref` is not allowed in `alias` declaration.

(Currently, `out` and `lazy` don't compile, but the message is not that succinct, as it falls through multiple parsing attemts).

--

https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20945

--- Comment #4 from Stanislav Blinov <stanislav.blinov@gmail.com> ---
...and then there's the whole old syntax of

alias static int si;
alias auto int au;
alias scope int sc;
alias override int ov;
alias abstract int ab;
alias synchronized int sy;
alias nothrow int nt;
alias pure int pu;
alias ref int re;
alias __gshared int gs;

--

https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20945

Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw@gdcproject.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Priority|P1                          |P3

--

https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20945

--- Comment #5 from dlangBugzillaToGithub <robert.schadek@posteo.de> ---
THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN MOVED TO GITHUB

https://github.com/dlang/dmd/issues/19722

DO NOT COMMENT HERE ANYMORE, NOBODY WILL SEE IT, THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN MOVED TO GITHUB

--