digitalmars.D.bugs - [Issue 18601] New: alias m = __traits(getMember, ...) doesn't work
- d-bugmail puremagic.com (30/32) Mar 12 2018 https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18601
https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18601 Issue ID: 18601 Summary: alias m = __traits(getMember, ...) doesn't work Product: D Version: D2 Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Severity: enhancement Priority: P1 Component: dmd Assignee: nobody puremagic.com Reporter: turkeyman gmail.com It's annoying that this doesn't work: ``` struct S { int x; } void f() { S s; alias m = __traits(getMember, s, "x"); } ```Error: basic type expected, not `__traits` Error: semicolon expected to close `alias` declarationI'm pretty sure this could be trivially supported...? I feel like that __traits statement should be semantically identical to: alias m = s.x; The __traits(getMember) docs make you feel like that's true... --
Mar 12 2018