What are the benefits to passing integral types by const ref

Question

The question: Is there benefit to passing an integral type by const reference as opposed to simply by value.

ie.

void foo(const int& n); // case #1
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Answer 1

I can't think of any benefit. I've even seen recommendation that when writing templates, you use meta-programming to pass integral types by value and only use const reference for non-integral types.