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Issue 12425 - allow default values for "auto ref"
Summary: allow default values for "auto ref"
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: D
Classification: Unclassified
Component: dmd (show other issues)
Version: D2
Hardware: All All
: P2 enhancement
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Reported: 2014-03-20 09:29 UTC by Vladimir Panteleev
Modified: 2020-03-21 03:56 UTC (History)
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Description Vladimir Panteleev 2014-03-20 09:29:40 UTC 
E.g.: void foo(T)(auto ref T t = 5)

The parameter becomes a reference if the default expression is an lvalue (e.g. *new int(5)).
Comment 1 bearophile_hugs 2014-03-20 09:36:39 UTC 
This was allowed, and it was "recently" disallowed.
Comment 2 basile-z 2020-02-20 16:15:00 UTC 
since 2.087.0