Bug 12553 – compilation fails if a forward referenced symbol represents a value and is first used as template parameter

/++ if a forward referenced symbol is first used as template parameter, then compilation fails for symbols that represent values. (no problems with symbols representing funcs, structs, classes and empty enums.) ++/ //any of the following will make the bug(s) disappear: // enum fix = test; // enum fix2 = test2; // pragma(msg, __traits(compiles, test) ); // pragma(msg, __traits(compiles, test2) ); enum buggy = check!(test); enum buggy2 = check2!(test2); //Error: variable buggy(2) had semantic errors when compiling enum test = 13; // fails enum test2 = 13; // fails // immutable test = 13;// fails // const test = 13; // fails //BUT no problems whatsover with symbols not representing values: // enum test; // works // void test(){} // works // struct test{} // works // class test{} // works template check(alias sym){ enum check = true; } // no difference if this template is declared first template check2(int sym){ enum check2 = true; } // no difference if this template is declared first void main(){}

*** Issue 12541 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***

*** Issue 10075 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***

this issue seems to be fixed in DMD 2.071.1. example code now compiles w/o errors.