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Bug 23311 – Allow creating alias for __gshared

Status: RESOLVED
Resolution: WONTFIX
Severity: enhancement
Priority: P1
Component: dmd
Product: D
Version: D2
Platform: All
OS: All
Creation time: 2022-08-29T13:36:05Z
Last change time: 2022-09-01T13:17:30Z
Assigned to: No Owner
Creator: ryuukk_

Comments

Comment #0 by ryuukk.dev — 2022-08-29T13:36:05Z

The following code doesn't compile ``` alias notls = __gshared; ``` onlineapp.d(2): Error: basic type expected, not `;` onlineapp.d(2): Deprecation: storage class `__gshared` has no effect in type aliases __gshared is annoying to type, and doesn't convey the proper intention Being able to alias it would solve my problem `shared` is not a solution

Comment #1 by razvan.nitu1305 — 2022-09-01T13:17:30Z

I'm sorry, but this bug report is invalid. By the current spec, aliases can only be made to types or symbols, whereas __gshared is a type qualifier just like const, immutable etc. You cannot do `alias im = immutable`. `__gshared` is ugly and hard to type on purpose, because it is unsafe and requires that the programmer really understands what he/she is doing. I will close this as WONTFIX.