RBTree delegates and types

[Viktor via Digitalmars-d-learn]

Hey,

I'm trying to convert an old legacy app to D and have a couple of 
questions. It has been a very fun weekend!

First, I could not make std.container.rbtree use a delegate for a 
comparator. The docs say it should be possible, but I got a weird 
error.

I tracked it down to RedBlackTreee.opEquals() using explicit 
function when calling equals():

return equal!(function(Elem a, Elem b) => !_less(a,b) && 
!_less(b,a))(thisRange, thatRange);

When I removed the "function" things started compiling (I have 
yet to test the code due to question #2 below). I've done a dub 
-b unittest without issues so it might be OK.

So, the first...several questions are: do you think this change 
is safe and should I raise an issue in the bugzilla or do a PR 
for it on github? Should it include a new unittest that makes 
sure rbtree can be instantiated with a delegate?

The other part I'm still struggling with is about auto types. Can 
I store the rbtree type in the following class so it can be used 
from another method?

class Indexer(T, alias pred)
{
   this(T storage)
   {
      this.storage = storage;
      auto index = new RedBlackTree!(uint, (a,b) => comp(a, b));
      // how to store index?
   }

   void dumpIndex()
   {
       // how to get my dirty hands on the index here?
   }

   bool comp(uint i1, uint i2)
   {
      auto rec1 = storage[i1];
      auto rec2 = storage[i2];
      return pred(rec1, rec2);
   }

   private T storage;
   ??? index;
}