template< class T >
T f( T &x )
{
return true ? x : f( x );
}上記のコード片中の3項演算子の計算結果は右辺値だが，依然としてオブジェクト x を指し続けている（つまりコピーが行われない）．
普通は役に立たない C++ の知識ベスト100には入るなこれ．とはいえ，役に立つと思ったから調べたんだけれど．
5.16 Conditional operator
3 Otherwise, if the second and third operand have different types, and either has (possibly cv-qualified) class type, an attempt is made to convert each of those operands to the type of the other. The process for determining whether an operand expression E1 of type T1 can be converted to match an operand expression E2 of type T2 is defined as follows:
- If E2 is an lvalue: E1 can be converted to match E2 if E1 can be implicitly converted (clause 4) to the type “reference to T2”, subject to the constraint that in the conversion the reference must bind directly (8.5.3) to E1.
- If E2 is an rvalue, or if the conversion above cannot be done:
- if E1 and E2 have class type, and the underlying class types are the same or one is a base class of the other: E1 can be converted to match E2 if the class of T2 is the same type as, or a base class of, the class of T1, and the cv-qualification of T2 is the same cv-qualification as, or a greater cvqualification than, the cv-qualification of T1. If the conversion is applied, E1 is changed to an rvalue of type T2 that still refers to the original source class object (or the appropriate subobject thereof). [Note: that is, no copy is made. ]
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