On Thu, 19 May 2011 00:22:42 -0400, Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisp...@gmx.com>
wrote:
On 2011-05-18 20:55, %u wrote:
Hi!
Is this a bug, or is it intentional that this fails? I can't come up
with any case where it would cause a problem, but the compiler doesn't
like the fact that there's a const in the structure:
struct Temp { const int a; int b; }
auto ref foo(Temp* t) { return *t; } //Error
As soon as you do *t, you're copying the value.
That's not true, if it's ref, it just copies the reference.
example:
void foo(ref int i) { i = 5; }
void main()
{
int i;
int *p = &i;
foo(*p);
assert(i == 5);
}
To further drive home the point, this actually compiles:
Temp foo(Temp* t) { return *t; } // no error
There should be no restrictions on returning ref there, no matter what's
inside Temp.
Definitely a bug with the original, please file with bugzilla.
-Steve
