From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-23 14:11:35
Pavol Droba <droba_at_[hidden]> writes:
>> I'm not sure a fix is needed. The first variant will already match
>> const containers, as long as they're not temporaries.
>>
>>
>> template <class T>
>> int f(T& x);
>>
>> int const x;
>> int y = f(x); // T deduced as const int.
>>
>
> You are right, there is no restriction on const, rather ther is a restriction,
> that the input must be valid R-value i.e. not a temporary.
Temporaries *are* rvalues; I think you must mean lvalue.
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