Title
References declared const
Status
cd2
Section
6.6 [basic.link]
Submitter
Dave Abrahams

Created on 2006-03-31.00:00:00 last changed 171 months ago

Messages

Date: 2009-03-15.00:00:00

[Voted into the WP at the March, 2009 meeting.]

Date: 2008-03-15.00:00:00

Proposed resolution (March, 2008):

Change 6.6 [basic.link] paragraph 3 as indicated (note addition of punctuation in the first bullet):

A name having namespace scope (6.4.6 [basic.scope.namespace]) has internal linkage if it is the name of

  • an object, reference, function, or function template that is explicitly declared static; or,

  • an object or reference that is explicitly declared const and neither explicitly declared extern nor previously declared to have external linkage; or

  • a data member of an anonymous union.

Date: 2006-03-31.00:00:00

According to 6.6 [basic.link] paragraph 3,

A name having namespace scope (6.4.6 [basic.scope.namespace]) has internal linkage if it is the name of

  • an object, reference, function or function template that is explicitly declared static or,

  • an object or reference that is explicitly declared const and neither explicitly declared extern nor previously declared to have external linkage;

It is not possible to declare a reference to be const.

History
Date User Action Args
2010-03-29 00:00:00adminsetstatus: wp -> cd2
2009-08-03 00:00:00adminsetstatus: dr -> wp
2009-03-23 00:00:00adminsetmessages: + msg2016
2009-03-23 00:00:00adminsetstatus: ready -> dr
2008-10-05 00:00:00adminsetstatus: review -> ready
2008-05-18 00:00:00adminsetmessages: + msg1646
2008-05-18 00:00:00adminsetstatus: drafting -> review
2006-11-05 00:00:00adminsetstatus: open -> drafting
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