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Issue 5841 - alias grammar is incorrect
Summary: alias grammar is incorrect
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: D
Classification: Unclassified
Component: dlang.org (show other issues)
Version: D2
Hardware: Other Linux
: P2 minor
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Reported: 2011-04-13 06:28 UTC by Bernard Helyer
Modified: 2012-01-20 21:55 UTC (History)
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Description Bernard Helyer 2011-04-13 06:28:56 UTC 
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/declaration.html

Declares alias as such:

    alias Decl

where Decl includes:

    BasicType Declarator FunctionBody

and declarators with empty parameter lists. None of these are parsed by DMD.

I understand that it's probably to keep it simple, but still.