On Thursday, 9 May 2013 at 19:43:25 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:
On 5/9/13 3:39 PM, Rob T wrote:
So, if I understand correctly, auto ref for templates will end
up doing
exactly the same thing as auto ref for non-template functions?
That
would be perfect, otherwise it'll be terribly confusing.
There would be clear restrictions on non-template functions,
e.g. a non-template cannot return auto ref.
Andrei
OK I can understand that auto ref on return for a template
function is something different, so disallowing auto ref on a
regular function makes perfect sense to me.
You can also create template functions with auto ref params that
behave exactly like a non-template counter part by not specifying
ref on the return, so it seems consistent and a sound solution
from that perspective.
D is a complex language, so stuff like this does take some
getting used to, but it is very powerful and flexible, no two
ways around it.
