On Saturday, May 05, 2012 02:30:00 Manu wrote: > 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?
I know that Walter's against it, but unfortunately, I don't recall his arguments. But I'd certainly be very surprised if it ever happened. - Jonathan M Davis
