consider this:

module report;

// output an error message on stderr
void error(A...)(string fmt, A args)
{
	import colorize : fg, color, cwriteln, cwritefln, cwrite;
	stderr.cwrite("error: ".color(fg.yellow));
	cwritefln(fmt.color(fg.yellow), args);
}

void warning(A...)(string fmt, A args)
{
	import colorize : fg, color, cwriteln, cwritefln, cwrite;
	cwrite("warning: ".color(fg.blue));
	cwritefln(fmt.color(fg.blue), args);
}

then

class C
{

	void error(A...)(string fmt, A args)
	{
		import report : error;
		reportedAnyError = true;
		error(fmt, args);
	}
	alias warning = report.warning;
}


I got this:

Error: undefined identifier report.warning

but this works:

	void warning(A...)(string fmt, A args)
	{
		import report : warning;
		warning(fmt, args);
	}

why alias cannot find my symbol there?

On 04/26/2018 10:56 AM, Dr.No wrote:

> class C
> {
>
>      void error(A...)(string fmt, A args)
>      {
>          import report : error;
>          reportedAnyError = true;
>          error(fmt, args);
>      }
>      alias warning = report.warning;
> }
>
>
> I got this:
>
> Error: undefined identifier report.warning

If that really is the code, you're forgetting to import report in that scope. Otherwise, that kind of alias works at least in this simple case:

void foo(A...)(A a) {
    import std.stdio;
    writeln(a);
}

alias bar = foo;

void main() {
    bar(42, "hello");
}

Ali