Merge pull request #682 from JinShil/patch-1

Added new type alias syntax as a preference

dstyle.dd

@@ -130,17 +130,49 @@ ubyte asciiChar;
 
 )
 
-$(H3 Meaningless Type Aliases)
+$(Type Aliases)
 
-    $(P Things like:)
+   $(P The D programming languages offers two functionally equivalent syntaxes for type aliases, but ...)
+
+-------------------------------
+alias size_t = uint;
+-------------------------------
+
+    $(P ... is preferred over ...)
+
+-------------------------------
+alias uint size_t;
+-------------------------------
+
+    $(P ... because ...)
+
+    $(UL
+        $(LI It follows the already familiar assignment syntax intead of the inverted typedef syntax from C)
+        $(LI In verbose declarations, it is easier to see what is being declared)
+    )
+
+-------------------------------
+alias important = someTemplateDetail!(withParameters, andValues);
+alias Callback = ReturnType function(Arg1, Arg2) pure nothrow;
+-------------------------------
+
+    $(P vs.)
+
+-------------------------------
+alias someTemplateDetail!(withParameters, andValues) important;
+alias ReturnType function(Arg1, Arg2) pure nothrow Callback;
+-------------------------------
+
+
+    $(P Meaningless type aliases like ...)
 
 -------------------------------
 alias VOID = void;
 alias INT = int;
 alias pint = int*;
 -------------------------------
 
-    $(P should be avoided.)
+    $(P ... should be avoided.)
 
 $(H3 Declaration Style)