dlang compare types: cannot use '==' with types

Question

I have the following line in my code:

static if (typeof(val) == string) {

It is not compiling and returning the error Error: incompatible types for ((string) == (string)): cannot use '==' with types. What is the correct way to check the type of a variable?

Answer 1

The correct way to do it is to use an is expression around it: is(A == b) like this:

static if (is(typeof(val) == string)) {