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alias: Shortening a Long Name

alias: Shortening a Long Name

Let’s learn how an alias can be used for shortening a long name.

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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 ...