alias: Shortening a Long Name
Explore how to effectively use the alias keyword in D programming to create shorter and more readable type names. Understand how alias creates synonyms for complex types, helps manage changes efficiently, and resolves naming conflicts between modules. This lesson enhances code clarity and maintainability in advanced D programming.
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alias
The alias keyword assigns aliases to existing names. alias is different from and unrelated to alias this.
Shortening a long name
As discussed previously, some names may become too long to be convenient. Let’s consider the following function:
Stack!(Point!double) randomPoints(size_t count) {
auto points = new Stack!(Point!double);
// ...
}
Having to type Stack!(Point!double) explicitly in multiple ...