DIP69 - Implement scope for escape proof references

[Dicebot via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 8 December 2014 at 21:07:39 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> But was there any reason why those traits (alien to type 
>> qualifiers) were
>> pursued? What is the problem with `ref` simply meaning 
>> `non-null pointer` and
>> allowing non-idempotent ref(ref(int))?
>
> Because it isn't just a non-null pointer (and ref's can still 
> be null in C++!), it's an auto-dereferencing pointer.

Don't want to distract from topic that actually matters but would 
be nice to ask you few more question on topic at some point.