Why would a “classical getter” necessarily return by value? (Sure: a naive
code generator might write one, but that’s a different issue)

On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 5:26 AM Sebastian Wittmeier via Std-Proposals <
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> Fair enough.
>
> But with the difference that a classical getter would be by value and that
> one would return a const reference.
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> *Von:* Robin Savonen Söderholm <robinsavonensoderholm_at_[hidden]>
> *Gesendet:* Mo 16.12.2024 13:33
> *Betreff:* Re: [std-proposals] New access specifiers
> *An:* std-proposals_at_[hidden];
> *CC:* Sebastian Wittmeier <wittmeier_at_[hidden]>;
>
> That would be a getter, which the OP was trying to avoid... I guess the OP
> would like to declare things that looks like 'member fields' but in reality
> are 'member functions'. Not sure how that would end up though.
>
> // Robin
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