const reference

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From: Daniel Edelson
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 1990 23:20

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Is there a concensus on what a const reference means?
A volatile ref. makes as much sense as a volatile pointer,
but a const reference seems redundant. Is their either
agreement or active debate on whether this should be allowed
or if it has non-null semantic content?

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