Title
Need more detail in nullptr keyword description
Status
c++11
Section
5.13.8 [lex.nullptr]
Submitter
DE

Created on 2010-08-02.00:00:00 last changed 123 months ago

Messages

Date: 2010-11-15.00:00:00

[Voted into the WP at the November, 2010 meeting.]

Date: 2010-09-15.00:00:00

Proposed resolution (September, 2010):

Change 5.13.8 [lex.nullptr] paragraph 1 as follows:

The pointer literal is the keyword nullptr. It is a prvalue of type std::nullptr_t. [Note: std::nullptr_t is a distinct type that is neither a pointer type nor a pointer to member type; rather, a prvalue of this type is a null pointer constant and can be converted to a null pointer value or null member pointer value. See 7.3.12 [conv.ptr] and 7.3.13 [conv.mem]. —end note]
Date: 2010-08-02.00:00:00
N3092 comment DE 3

It is not sufficiently clear that std::nullptr_t is a distinct type and neither a pointer type nor a pointer-to-member type. Add a note in 5.13.8 [lex.nullptr] stating that, preferably with cross-references to the normative statements in 6.8 [basic.types].

History
Date User Action Args
2014-03-03 00:00:00adminsetstatus: fdis -> c++11
2011-04-10 00:00:00adminsetstatus: dr -> fdis
2010-11-29 00:00:00adminsetmessages: + msg3143
2010-11-29 00:00:00adminsetstatus: tentatively ready -> dr
2010-10-18 00:00:00adminsetmessages: + msg2969
2010-10-18 00:00:00adminsetstatus: drafting -> tentatively ready
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