DIP1046, "ref For Variable Declarations", has been Accepted

[Mike Parker]

DIP1046, "ref For Variable Declarations", has been accepted:

https://github.com/dlang/DIPs/blob/master/DIPs/accepted/DIP1046.md

Under the new DIP process, any DIP written by one of the language 
maintainers has an extra step to go through once it's ready to 
leave the DIP Development forum and enter into Formal Assessment: 
it must first be discussed at a DLF meeting to determine if there 
are any major objections that should block its approval. If there 
are none, then the other language maintainer is free to review 
the DIP and render a final verdict. Otherwise, further discussion 
and debate is undertaken to determine how to proceed.

Since Walter is the author of DIP1046, I presented it at a 
meeting for which the following members were present:

Jonathan M. Davis
Timon Gehr
Martin Kinkelin
Dennis Korpel
Mathias Lang
Mike Parker
Robert Schadek
Steven Schveighoffer
Adam Wilson

None of the members raised any objections to block its approval. 
I then submitted it to Átila for review. He requested a 
clarification, which Walter made, and then approved it. He agreed 
with the DIP's rationale that ref declarations are a major tool 
for writing memory-safe code and believes they align with our 
overarching goal of enhancing memory safety in D.

In contrast, Walter's bitfields DIP, [currently in its third 
draft](https://forum.dlang.org/post/v193hc$b9c$1@digitalmars.com), was presented at the same meeting and received major objections. I'll have a report on how we decided to proceed when I post the update for that meeting.