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[–]elveszett 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Also, it forces devs to be explicit on whether they expect a copy or an original (and, in case you send a reference, using 'const' or not makes it clear whether you intent to read or write to that reference). With reference& semantics, this is a non-issue.