diff --git a/view.hpp b/view.hpp
index 6c36e6aa..315bc718 100644
--- a/view.hpp
+++ b/view.hpp
@@ -565,39 +565,29 @@ namespace util {
     //
     // useful for passing in memory structures to file descriptors and the
     // like. but the consequences of endian conversion is on the user...
-    template <typename ByteT = std::byte, typename T>
-    view<ByteT*>
+    //
+    // we have to be careful that rval-references and other temporaries aren't
+    // accepted in this signature.
+    template <
+        typename ByteT = std::byte,
+        typename T
+    >
+    auto
     make_byte_view (T &t)
     {
-        auto first = reinterpret_cast<ByteT*> (&t);
-        auto last  = first + sizeof (t);
-        return { first, last };
+        using cursor_type = std::conditional_t<
+            std::is_const_v<T>,
+            ByteT const*,
+            ByteT*
+        >;
+
+        return util::view {
+            reinterpret_cast<cursor_type> (&t),
+            sizeof (T)
+        };
     }
 
 
-    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    template <typename T>
-    view<std::byte*>
-    make_byte_view (T&&) = delete;
-
-
-    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    template <typename ByteT = std::byte, typename T>
-    view<const ByteT*>
-    make_byte_view (const T &t)
-    {
-        auto first = reinterpret_cast<ByteT const*> (&t);
-        auto last  = first + sizeof (t);
-        return { first, last };
-    }
-
-
-    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    template <typename T>
-    view<const std::byte*>
-    make_byte_view (const T &&t) = delete;
-
-
     ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     template <
         typename BeginA, typename EndA,