Re: [boost] [any] documentation is not up-to-date

If passed a value or reference, it returns held value if successful. If T is ValueType, it returns a copy of the held value, otherwise, if T is a (possibly const qualified) reference to ValueType, it returns a reference to the held value.

Oops, "possibly const qualified" doesn't belong to a reference. It belongs to ValueType: If passed a value or reference, it returns held value if successful. If T is ValueType, it returns a copy of the held value, otherwise, if T is a reference to (possibly const qualified) ValueType, it returns a reference to the held value. -- Alexander Nasonov