A subtle but nasty problem - are default arguments part of the type, or part of the declaration?

   See http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3866

Currently, they are both, which leads to the nasty behavior in the bug report.

The problem centers around name mangling. If two types mangle the same, then they are the same type. But default arguments are not part of the mangled string. Hence the schizophrenic behavior.

But if we make default arguments solely a part of the function declaration, then function pointers (and delegates) cannot have default arguments. (And maybe this isn't a bad thing?)

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