`ref T` should be a type!!

[Rubn]

On Tuesday, 2 April 2019 at 00:13:13 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
> On 4/1/19 7:43 PM, Rubn wrote:
>> On Monday, 1 April 2019 at 20:37:03 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>>> On 4/1/2019 6:09 AM, Dein wrote:
>>>> Not sure if you are trying to just deceive me with some 
>>>> syntax sugar in C++ or what.
>>>
>>> You can try it yourself:
>>>
>>> ----------
>>> g++ -c test.cpp
>>> test.cpp:1:17: error: cannot declare pointer to int&
>>>  void test(int&* p);
>>>                  ^
>>> ----------
>>>  g++ -c test.cpp
>>> test.cpp:1:18: error: declaration of p as array of references
>>>  void test(int& p[]);
>>>                   ^
>>> ----------
>> 
>> You can try it yourself:
>> 
>> void foo(int* const p) {}
>> void foo(int p[]) {}
>> -----------------------------------------------
>> test.cpp:3:6: error: redefinition of 'foo'
>> void foo(int p[]) {}
>>       ^
>> test.cpp:2:6: note: previous definition is here
>> void foo(int* const p) {}
>>       ^
>> 1 error generated.
>
> The fact that we have somebody teaching Walter Bright the C 
> language to is supremely ironic in wake of the recent 
> discussions.

Guess he's spent too much time in the D he's become a bit rust-y..