Destructors, const structs, and opEquals

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> I agree with don.
> IMHO, this is incredibly silly given Andrei's use case, since D can have  
> instead:
> void foo(const Widget);
> and have an optimization inside the compiler for value types to pass by  
> ref.
>
> by specifying "const ref" you explicitly require that only a ref to an  
> l-value be provided, whereas without the "ref" an r-value is also  
> allowed a-la c++.
>
> much KISSer.

"auto ref" as a syntax may be not the best choice but the way it solves  
the problem is very elegant.

your "const ref":
It doesn't make it KISS.
It adds inconsistency (even though it is necessary sometimes, this one is  
bad).
You lose the ability to do the opposite.

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