Add justification for `atomic_ref<T>` instead of `atomic<T&>` to P0019
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Per Jens' comment:
I’m still not seeing a discussion (in the “motivation” section or similar) why std::atomic<T&> can’t be made to work and why rewriting the specification of std::atomic<> in terms of std::atomic_ref<> was not performed. This seems crucial information for posterity.
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