auto ref

[Mikhail Dahl]

On 16/12/2009 07:41, Walter Bright wrote:
> Mikhail Dahl wrote:
>> Just to confirm (I'm just getting into D, so I don't know much about
>> the language, still learning), but the idea is to apply 'auto' not
>> only to types but also to storage classes? As in 'automatically apply
>> ref in the case of lvalue'?
>
> Yes, exactly.
>
>
>> If so I'm a little confused by 'auto ref foo(...' - if auto ref here
>> is also simply an 'apply ref in the case of lvalue', then where is the
>> return type being inferred from?
>
>  From the return statement in the body of the function.

Ah yeah sorry, it's too obvious. That's what happens at 8am when you've 
had no sleep.