Move old alias syntax warning out of the parser, see Hackerpilot/libdparse#80

libdparse

@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit adb134c054ffcb05c74d7033e59617dedba1493b
+Subproject commit a10f5988b2b130ad2cae28c90a668067f98c82a7

src/analysis/alias_syntax_check.d

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+//          Copyright Brian Schott (Hackerpilot) 2016.
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+//    (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+//          http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+module analysis.alias_syntax_check;
+
+import dparse.ast;
+import dparse.lexer;
+import analysis.base;
+
+/**
+ * Checks for uses of the old alias syntax.
+ */
+class AliasSyntaxCheck : BaseAnalyzer
+{
+	alias visit = BaseAnalyzer.visit;
+
+	this(string fileName)
+	{
+		super(fileName, null);
+	}
+
+	override void visit(const AliasDeclaration ad)
+	{
+		if (ad.identifierList is null)
+			return;
+		assert(ad.identifierList.identifiers.length > 0,
+				"Identifier list length is zero, libdparse has a bug");
+		addErrorMessage(ad.identifierList.identifiers[0].line,
+				ad.identifierList.identifiers[0].column, KEY,
+				"Prefer the new \"'alias' identifier '=' type ';'\" syntax"
+				~ " to the  old \"'alias' type identifier ';'\" syntax.");
+	}
+
+private:
+	enum KEY = "dscanner.style.alias_syntax";
+}
+
+unittest
+{
+	import analysis.helpers : assertAnalyzerWarnings;
+	import analysis.config : StaticAnalysisConfig;
+	import std.stdio : stderr;
+
+	StaticAnalysisConfig sac;
+	sac.alias_syntax_check = true;
+	assertAnalyzerWarnings(q{
+		alias int abcde; // [warn]: Prefer the new "'alias' identifier '=' type ';'" syntax to the  old "'alias' type identifier ';'" syntax.
+		alias abcde = int;
+	}c, sac);
+
+	stderr.writeln("Unittest for AliasSyntaxCheck passed.");
+}

src/analysis/config.d

@@ -110,4 +110,7 @@ struct StaticAnalysisConfig
 
 	@INI("Checks for asserts that are always true")
 	bool useless_assert_check;
+
+	@INI("Check for uses of the old-style alias syntax")
+	bool alias_syntax_check;
 }

src/analysis/run.d

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ import analysis.line_length;
 import analysis.auto_ref_assignment;
 import analysis.incorrect_infinite_range;
 import analysis.useless_assert;
+import analysis.alias_syntax_check;
 
 import dsymbol.string_interning : internString;
 import dsymbol.scope_;
@@ -266,6 +267,8 @@ MessageSet analyze(string fileName, const Module m, const StaticAnalysisConfig a
 		checks ~= new IncorrectInfiniteRangeCheck(fileName);
 	if (analysisConfig.useless_assert_check)
 		checks ~= new UselessAssertCheck(fileName);
+	if (analysisConfig.alias_syntax_check)
+		checks ~= new AliasSyntaxCheck(fileName);
 	version (none)
 		if (analysisConfig.redundant_if_check)
 			checks ~= new IfStatementCheck(fileName, moduleScope);