Reference of Reference in C++

Question

I see code on StackOverflow every once in a while, asking about some overload ambiguity with something involving a function like:

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Answer 1

It's a rvalue reference, Bjarne describes it here.

Shameless copying ("quoting"):

The rvalue reference

An rvalue reference is a compound type very similar to C++'s traditional reference. To better distinguish these two types, we refer to a traditional C++ reference as an lvalue reference. When the term reference is used, it refers to both kinds of reference: lvalue reference and rvalue reference.

An lvalue reference is formed by placing an & after some type.

A a; A& a_ref1 = a;  // an lvalue reference

An rvalue reference is formed by placing an && after some type.

A a; A&& a_ref2 = a;  // an rvalue reference

An rvalue reference behaves just like an lvalue reference except that it can bind to a temporary (an rvalue), whereas you can not bind a (non const) lvalue reference to an rvalue.

A&  a_ref3 = A();  // Error! 
A&& a_ref4 = A();  // Ok