On 15.11.2017 15:07, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
In general, alias aliases symbols, whereas a lambda isn't a symbol. ...
There is essentially no merit to the symbol/no symbol distinction. It's just a DMD implementation detail resulting in weird inconsistencies between alias declarations and alias template parameters that are being fixed one by one.
... alias foo = int; alias foo = float;
Case in point. Neither int nor float are symbols.
