[dmd-beta] D 2.059 beta 4

[Walter Bright]

On 4/9/2012 10:51 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> I really don't care how it's implemented for not-templated functions. It can 
> be the outright equivalent of C++'s const& for all I care. But without auto 
> ref on non-templated functions, we're forced to duplicate any non-templated 
> function which takes const ref.

Let's say the compiler auto-generates the following:

    void foo(T t) { foo(t); }

in case it sees:

     void foo(ref T t) { ... }

I don't think that's a solution at all. It's just a roundabout way for the 
compiler to generate a temporary anyway. Nothing has been gained.