I am trying to profoundly understand Template Argument Deduction.
One point I am not understanding is, how I should apply the rules in the standard
here for the types A
and P
for the following case (there is sadly no example on cppreference.com, see below the relevant section)
template<typename T>
void foo(T t);
void call_with_reference(int& r) {
foo(r)
}
P
is no reference typ:P := T
A := int&
-> Match P
and A
which gives: T
is deduced to int&
which is cleary wrong. Where is the rule in the standard that says references from A
are removed? A non-confusing, unambiguous clear answer would be very much appreciated.
A
is the type of an expression. Expression type is described by [expr.type]/1:
If an expression initially has the type “reference to T” ([dcl.ref], [dcl.init.ref]), the type is adjusted to T.
So here A
is int
.
This expression is an lvalue
but that will not play any role since P
is not a reference.