Ref (was Re: inlining)

[Matti Niemenmaa]

Walter Bright wrote:
> I don't see the need for an inline or non-inline specifier. It's as 
> obsolete as the register keyword.

Then why was "inout" renamed to "ref"?

Before you say, "so that we could have 'const ref'", let me note that ref in 
that sense is as obsolete as inline or register. It should just be "in" or the 
default and the compiler should figure out whether it's by-reference or by-value.

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