> 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.
Well, I wasn't sure either way, and when I tested it by creating a postblit which printed, it printed. So, either I ran into a bug (quite possible), or I definitely misunderstood what was going on. - Jonathan M Davis