Was something changed intentionally or is this a bug?
It was changed intentionally, but only for alias this. That
syntax is allowed still for other aliases.
Bye,
bearophile
I see, thanks. What was the reason for not allowing alias
this = identifier?
Requiring lookahead when parsing.
Alright, thanks!
Just to be clear : that was sarcastic, requiring lookahead when
parsing is a drawback.
The idea is that alias and alias this are 2 different beasts.
For instance you can have multiple alias this when you can only
have one name per identifier.
It was wanted to distinguish the 2 with 2 different syntaxes.
alias, alias this, "alias not for this" and "maybe not alias"
requested.
Three changes in three versions, what the next?
Yes, it's small changes, but really annoying.
What the problem for multiple "alias this"?
alias this = i;
alias this = y;
and
alias i this;
alias y this;
+1 for first sample: all aliases in one way.
