http://wiki.dlang.org/DIP25

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 12/28/14 4:23 AM, Joseph Rushton Wakeling via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On 28/12/14 04:09, Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>> Walter and I have been working on revamping DIP25, which focuses on
>> tightening
>> the screws of ref. This should then simplify DIP69 significantly.
>>
>> Please comment: http://wiki.dlang.org/DIP25
>
> How will that interact with designs like the singleton used in e.g.
> std.random.rndGen:
>
>      @property ref Random rndGen() @safe
>      {
>          import std.algorithm : map, repeat;
>
>          static Random result;
>          ...
>          return result;
>      }
>
> ... will it be as simple as adding an 'inout' qualifier to the method
> and/or return type?  In any case I think it's a use-case worth adding to
> the example list.

No need to add anything here because returning a static is still fine. 
-- Andrei