Hi,
Is there some simple explanation for the fact that

int a[2] = {1, 2};
const int (&b)[2] = a;

works just fine and that

template <typename T, int s>
void f(const T (&array)[size]) {}

will not work for

void foo()
{
  int a[2] = {1, 2};
  f(a);  // no matching template function
}

except for the fact that the standard does not allow it?

Thank you,
Joe Hesse


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