http://wiki.dlang.org/DIP25

[Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d]

On 12/29/14 2:50 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 12/29/2014 5:53 AM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>> On 12/28/14 4:33 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
>>> inout is not transitive, so a ref on the container doesn't apply to a
>>> ref on the contents if there's another level of indirection in there.
>> I'm not sure what you mean by this, but inout as a type modifier is
>> definitely
>> transitive.
>
> As a type modifier, yes, it is transitive. As transferring lifetime to
> the return value, it is not.
>

I strongly suggest not to use inout to mean this. This idea would be a 
disaster.

-Steve