structs are now lvalues - what is with "auto ref"?

[Namespace]

On Sunday, 13 January 2013 at 09:50:37 UTC, Namespace wrote:
>> It turns out there already was a pull request that does this:
>>
>> https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/pull/1019
>
> The pull request is still unmerged. Isn't this important enough 
> or is the pull invalid?

The question is still there. Will the pull merged in the near 
future or not?
I'm asking because I'm afraid that it takes several months until 
D has 'auto ref'.