Bug 18601 – alias m = __traits(getMember, ...) doesn't work

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` declaration I'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...

It can be trivially worked around by wrapping the __traits expression in a std.meta.Alias, but I don't understand why that should be necessary. Certainly, it seems like it shouldn't be necessary.

Indeed, I am aware of the workaround, but that doesn't make the problem any better. People don't expect to have to wrap a thing in an Alias!() statement for no logical reason... so it's just a gotcha that looks bad to new users (case in question).

I'm trolling my Blizzard colleagues by trying to get them interested in D... but the quality bar needs to be a LOT higher here to be convincing compared to my former workplaces.

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of issue 7804 ***