On Sunday, 7 January 2018 at 03:52:53 UTC, Stefan Koch wrote:
The compiler can only alias to symbols and not to values. therefore enum was chosen for manifest constants.That alias can bind to values in template-parameters is useful but not exactly consistent :)
Not only that, but alias can bind to values if they're from a template alias parameter, hence std.meta.Alias. Instead of doing that silly dance, alias should simply take values as well.
-- Simen
