[Issue 14331] Cannot cast(void*) a class with an alias this struct

[via Digitalmars-d-bugs]

https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14331

Martin Nowak <c...@dawg.eu> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |c...@dawg.eu
            Summary|Can't call `destroy()` on a |Cannot cast(void*) a class
                   |class with `alias this` on  |with an alias this struct
                   |a struct field              |

--- Comment #1 from Martin Nowak <c...@dawg.eu> ---
cat > bug.d << CODE
class Test
{
    static struct S {}

    S s;
    alias s this;
}

void main()
{
    auto p = cast(void*)(new Test);
}
CODE

dmd -c bug
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bug2.d(11): Error: cannot cast expression (new Test).s of type S to void*
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It is a more general problem that you cannot cast the class to void*.

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