Title
constexpr union constructors
Status
cd3
Section
9.2.6 [dcl.constexpr]
Submitter
Richard Smith

Created on 2011-08-16.00:00:00 last changed 123 months ago

Messages

Date: 2012-10-15.00:00:00

[Moved to DR at the October, 2012 meeting.]

Date: 2012-02-15.00:00:00

Proposed resolution (February, 2012):

Change 9.2.6 [dcl.constexpr] paragraph 4 as follows:

In a definition of a constexpr constructor, each of the parameter types shall be a literal type. In addition, either its function-body shall be = delete or = default or it shall satisfy the following constraints:

  • ...

  • every non-variant non-static data member and base class sub-object shall be initialized (11.9.3 [class.base.init]);

  • if the class is a non-empty union, or for each non-empty anonymous union member of a non-union class, exactly one non-static data member shall be initialized;

  • ...

Date: 2011-08-16.00:00:00

A constexpr constructor is required to initialize all non-static data members (9.2.6 [dcl.constexpr] paragraph 4), which conflicts with the requirement that a constructor for a union is permitted to initialize only a single non-static data member (11.9.3 [class.base.init] paragraph 8).

History
Date User Action Args
2014-03-03 00:00:00adminsetstatus: drwp -> cd3
2013-05-03 00:00:00adminsetstatus: dr -> drwp
2012-11-03 00:00:00adminsetmessages: + msg4141
2012-11-03 00:00:00adminsetstatus: ready -> dr
2012-02-27 00:00:00adminsetmessages: + msg3716
2012-02-27 00:00:00adminsetstatus: drafting -> ready
2011-08-16 00:00:00admincreate