auto ref deduction and common type deduction inconsistency

[ketmar via Digitalmars-d]

On Wed, 20 Aug 2014 16:34:40 +0000
via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:

> No, the type of (cond ? x : 42) is always `int`, the `ref` 
> already gets lost inside the ternary operator. So in this case, 
> it behaves correctly.
it's slightly counterintuitive. yes, this is correct, but D already
complains on things like (a&b == c), so it can complain on such returns
too -- just to avoid disambiguation. something like "use return
cast(int)".
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