    import ceylon.language.meta.model {
        Member,
        Model,
        AppliedType = Type
    }

    "Type alias declaration. While type aliases are erased (substituted for what they alias is a better term) from every
     declaration that uses them during compile-time, the declaration of the type alias is still visible at run-time."
    shared interface AliasDeclaration
        satisfies NestableDeclaration & GenericDeclaration {

        "The open type that is substituted by this type alias."
        shared formal OpenType extendedType;

        /*
        FIXME: this is too shaky WRT member types, we'll figure it out later
        shared formal AppliedType<Type> apply<Type=Anything>(AppliedType<Anything>* typeArguments);

        shared formal AppliedType<Type> & Member<Container, AppliedType<Type> & Model> memberApply<Container=Nothing, Type=Anything>(AppliedType<Container> containerType, AppliedType<Anything>* typeArguments);
    */
    }