Usually decltype perseveres the ref qualifiers
auto a = 0;
auto& a_ref = a;
static_assert(std::is_reference_v<decltype(a_ref)>);
But apparently not when it's argument is obtained from structured binding
auto p = std::pair{1, 2.f};
auto& [i, d] = p;
static_assert(std::is_reference_v<decltype(i)>); // fails
https://godbolt.org/z/qWT574fr9
I'm pretty sure that i and d are references here. They should be according to oldnewthing and intellisense is telling me so.
Looks like this is how it is supposed to be:
decltype(x), where x denotes a structured binding, names the referenced type of that structured binding. In the tuple-like case, this is the type returned by std::tuple_element, which may not be a reference even though a hidden reference is always introduced in this case.
In your case, you are using a pair, but i am pretty sure this falls under tuple like type.