Re: [boost] Report from Mont Tremblant C++ Committee meeting

-----Original Message----- From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Joel de Guzman

No. Under the "behave as a reference" model, references should bind only on construction. Everything else is assignment to the referenced object. No rebind.

What happens when the optional is null and there is no referenced object to be assigned to?