auto ref and non-templated functions

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>  Not to bring back something that might be considered closed, 
> But is auto ref going to be allowed for non-template functions 
> in an upcoming version? There's plenty of times I'd like to use 
> ref when possible but don't want to write a forwarding function 
> converting non-ref to ref.

The pull is still there
(https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/pull/1019) but as
I'm asking here:
http://forum.dlang.org/thread/hlyospppnjiziyokfvdd@forum.dlang.org#post-pvwbojrtygwrxxviwarv:40forum.dlang.org
an official statement would be pleasant.