"Howard Hinnant" <hinnant@twcny.rr.com> wrote in message news:C94D8AC6-5C17-11D9-BA03-003065D18932@twcny.rr.com... | On Dec 22, 2004, at 8:29 AM, Thorsten Ottosen wrote: | But with | an eye towards the future, I think decayed will still eventually | improve make_pair: | | template <class T, class U> | inline | pair<typename decayed<typename remove_reference<T>::type>::type, | typename decayed<typename remove_reference<U>::type>::type> | make_pair(T&& t, U&& u) | { | typedef typename decayed<typename remove_reference<T>::type>::type | dT; | typedef typename decayed<typename remove_reference<U>::type>::type | dU; | return pair<dT, dU>(std::forward<T>(t), std::forward<U>(u)); | } why do you need remove_reference? If its needed, then maybe it should be part of decayed<T>'s behavior. -Thorsten