On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Timon Gehr <timon.g...@gmx.ch> wrote:
> On 06/22/2013 11:51 PM, Timothee Cour wrote: > >> >> >> On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Timon Gehr <timon.g...@gmx.ch >> <mailto:timon.g...@gmx.ch>> wrote: >> >> On 06/22/2013 09:52 PM, Timothee Cour wrote: >> >> Is there a reason the language spec disallows this? >> >> ---- >> void main(){ >> auto a=mixin("1");//OK >> alias b=a;//OK >> mixin("alias c=a;");//OK >> // alias c=mixin("a");//NG : Error: basic type expected, >> not mixin >> } >> ---- >> >> >> No, it is arbitrary. >> >> >> that's what i thought! >> same with template mixin's being restricated. >> >> > ? > > they're restricted to declarations. I don't see the need for such restriction. > ... can we fix it? >> >> it makes for cleaner code. >> >> > It surely could be fixed if you want to spend the time hacking on DMD. > I think the grammar is somewhat poorly designed in general. >
