Can you refer to a named enum as if it were anonymous in D?

Question

I'm doing a D bridge to a C library, and this has come up with the C code using typedef'd enums that it refers to like a constant, but can name it for function arguments and the like. Example:

enum someLongNameThatTheCLibraryUses
{
    A,
    B,
}

Currently, I must refer to it like so:

someLongNameThatTheCLibraryUses.A;

But I would rather:

A;

I could do this:

alias someLongNameThatTheCLibraryUses a;
a.A;

But I don't want to do that in the library module, so I'd have to do it where it's used, which would be annoying.

Is there a way to do this?

Answer 1

If you would like type safety with anonymous enums, you can create a new distinct type using typedef, and use it as the base type of the anonymous enum. Example:

typedef int A;
enum : A
{
 a1,
 a2,
 a3
}

typedef int X;
enum : X
{
 x1,
 x2,
 x3
}

void main()
{
 A a;
 X x;
 x = a;  // Error: cannot implicitly convert expression (a) of type A to X
}