import std.stdio;

struct S
{
    int bigUglyName;

    void foo( S s )
    {
        alias bigUglyName local;
        alias s.bigUglyName b;

        writeln( "bigUglyName (AKA local)=", local, " b=", b );
    }
}

void main()
{
    S s1;
    S s2;

    s1.bigUglyName = 1;
    s2.bigUglyName = 2;

    s1.foo( s2 );
}


returns to console:
bigUglyName (AKA local)=1 b=1

Why? I am expected that b=2

On Sunday, 26 May 2013 at 23:35:43 UTC, mimi wrote:
> import std.stdio;
>
> struct S
> {
>     int bigUglyName;
>
>     void foo( S s )
>     {
>         alias bigUglyName local;
>         alias s.bigUglyName b;
>
>         writeln( "bigUglyName (AKA local)=", local, " b=", b );
>     }
> }
>
> void main()
> {
>     S s1;
>     S s2;
>
>     s1.bigUglyName = 1;
>     s2.bigUglyName = 2;
>
>     s1.foo( s2 );
> }
>
>
> returns to console:
> bigUglyName (AKA local)=1 b=1
>
> Why? I am expected that b=2

alias does not capture this pointer, it is rewritten as S.bigUglyName and you can refer to non-static fields as Type.member which is this.member in member functions  (in D semantic differences of accessing static and non-static members are diluted)

Well, how you can reduce the long ugly name in this case? In the real function I mentioned it so many times.

void foo( S s )
{
	auto local = this.bigUglyName;
	auto b = s.bigUglyName;

	writeln( "bigUglyName (AKA local)=", local, " b=", b );
}

:P

On Monday, 27 May 2013 at 10:17:01 UTC, Namespace wrote:
> void foo( S s )
> {
> 	auto local = this.bigUglyName;
> 	auto b = s.bigUglyName;
>
> 	writeln( "bigUglyName (AKA local)=", local, " b=", b );
> }
>
> :P

By the way, yes. Thanks for that, I'm stupid today.

On Monday, 27 May 2013 at 10:07:49 UTC, mimi wrote:
> Well, how you can reduce the long ugly name in this case? In the real function I mentioned it so many times.

By not making the name ugly big.

On Monday, 27 May 2013 at 11:32:46 UTC, Maxim Fomin wrote:
> On Monday, 27 May 2013 at 10:07:49 UTC, mimi wrote:
>> Well, how you can reduce the long ugly name in this case? In the real function I mentioned it so many times.
>
> By not making the name ugly big.

Other people do.

In addition, sometimes you want to cut long nested queries such as:

auto numOfPixelsDisplayed = Table.getItems( Scene.getObjectsArray() ).prepareForDisplay( type.GL ).showScene();