On Tuesday, 23 June 2015 at 19:13:28 UTC, bitwise wrote:
And I still think Timon's statement is untrue. There is a reason, which is that the new auto ref syntax forces reference parameters for all types(even primitives), where the old template approach does not.
Timon suggested using another syntax/name for the new refs, as one couldn't use them in templates [and the different `auto ref` behavior is just prone to confuse beginners, my 2 cents]. One reason for preferring `scope ref` over `auto ref` in templates would be situations where code bloat is more important than runtime performance, another reason the fact that `in ref` is more convenient than `const auto ref`. ;)
