SE-0515: Allow `reduce` to produce noncopyable results

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15 Likes

This seems obviously correct. If consuming parameters had been around from the start, reduce would have consumed it's initial parameter from the get go.

5 Likes

Seems like a nice improvement!

could this also adopt typed throws?

Or are there backwards compatibility concerns?

3 Likes

Makes sense to me. Ship it.

Thanks for the feedback, folks! We have accepted this proposal.