WTF did happen with struct constructor and ref in 2.061 ?

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 1/6/13 12:58 AM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> On Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:45:24 -0500
> Andrei Alexandrescu<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org>  wrote:
>
>> On 1/6/13 12:01 AM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>>> On Thu, 03 Jan 2013 23:32:45 -0500
>>> Andrei Alexandrescu<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org>   wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 1/3/13 11:26 PM, Rob T wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I like the idea of the e-book but we need an up-to-date copy and
>>>>> it should be available free of charge. If the D community needs
>>>>> funding, a method of making donations is a much better and more
>>>>> acceptable route to take.
>>>>
>>>> This is a misunderstanding and I confess I'm mildly miffed by it.
>>>> The e-book is generated from the online documentation. $0.99 is the
>>>> smallest price Amazon would allow any self-publication to be on
>>>> their site.
>>>
>>> It's an ebook version of the content on dlang.org, right? That
>>> should be free. If Amazon won't allow it to be free then it
>>> shouldn't be on Amazon. End of story.
>>
>> Walter and I discussed this matter for a while and reached a
>> different conclusion. Amazon has good distribution which we found
>> worthwhile.
>
> Amazon's reach is irrelevant given the bigger issue.
>
>> The content is the same as the one freely available on
>> the website,
>
> Which is exactly why it has no business existing in a paid
> electronic form.
>
>> and we're not sketchy about it.
>
> I'm tempted argue that it's _inherently_ sketchy, HOWEVER that's
> irrelevant anyway as, sketchy or not, it still creates an appearance of
> impropriety, which is bad enough for us.

That's not my perception at all, which signals we might have reached 
irreducible positions. I won't discuss this further.

Andrei