what is this hardware concurrency as 1

Question

what's the difference between

thread::hardware_concurrency;
and
thread::hardware_concurrency();

https://www.sololearn.com/compiler-playground/cFRyaBDsHOKh/#cpp
https://code.sololearn.com/cFRyaBDsHOKh/?ref=app

Answer 1

As I understand, the first form is just the address of the function, and usefull only when one is planning of using function pointers. So the value 1 is meaningless.

The second form is the static member function of std::thread, which:

"Returns the number of concurrent threads supported by the implementation. The value should be considered only a hint."

Answer 2

I understand that function name is considered a function address or function pointer and it does not require & sign before name

But i have used it as auto. So, shouldn't it print address rather than 1? How that 1 is possible as adress ? Not only on sololearn, same 1 is obsereved on visual studio 2019 as well