Title
static_assert in anonymous unions
Status
cd4
Section
11.5 [class.union]
Submitter
Richard Smith

Created on 2014-06-12.00:00:00 last changed 95 months ago

Messages

Date: 2014-11-15.00:00:00

[Moved to DR at the November, 2014 meeting.]

Date: 2014-06-15.00:00:00

Proposed resolution (June, 2014):

Change 11.5 [class.union] paragraph 5 as follows:

A union of the form

    union { member-specification } ;

is called an anonymous union; it defines an unnamed object of unnamed type. The member-specification of an anonymous union shall only define non-static data members Each member-declaration in the member-specification of an anonymous union shall either define a non-static data member or be a static_assert-declaration. [Note:...

Date: 2014-06-12.00:00:00

C++ allows only non-static data member declarations in an anonymous union, but C and several C++ implementations permit static_assert declarations. Should the C++ Standard be changed accordingly?

History
Date User Action Args
2017-02-06 00:00:00adminsetstatus: drwp -> cd4
2015-05-25 00:00:00adminsetstatus: dr -> drwp
2015-04-13 00:00:00adminsetmessages: + msg5394
2014-11-24 00:00:00adminsetstatus: ready -> dr
2014-07-07 00:00:00adminsetmessages: + msg5072
2014-06-12 00:00:00admincreate