On 4 May 2012 23:16, Jakob Ovrum <jakobov...@gmail.com> wrote: > Perhaps it would be better if "a" was declared like this: >> >> ref(int) a (); >> > > ref is not a type qualifier, I think that would be even more confusing. It > would be completely out of sync with the rest of the language. >
But maybe it should be, then you'd be able to declare ref variables anywhere, like in C++... what's the disadvantage of that?