double& rd2 = 2.0; // error?

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From: David Bowser-Chao
Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 18:28

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Looking at the April 1995 working draft proposal,
the fragment:

   double& rd2 = 2.0; 

is deemed illegal (non-const references are not initialized from 
temporaries) but the GNU g++ 2.7.2 as well as the DEC VMS compiler 
(current release, don't remember, as well as the version I'm 
field-testing) allow this statement with a mere warning.

This seems like a very basic thing to *fix* - am I missing something 
here, is this supposed to be an error, or since April has the committee 
changed its mind(s)?
-- 
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From: David Bowser-Chao <davechao@cteq07.pa.msu.edu>
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Subject: double& rd2 = 2.0;  // error?
Date: 29 Feb 1996 10:28:45 PST
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