Title
Freedom to perform instantiation at the end of the translation unit
Status
c++11
Section
13.8.4.1 [temp.point]
Submitter
John Spicer

Created on 2009-03-06.00:00:00 last changed 123 months ago

Messages

Date: 2011-03-15.00:00:00

[Voted into the WP at the March, 2011 meeting.]

Date: 2011-01-15.00:00:00

Proposed resolution (January, 2011):

Change 13.8.4.1 [temp.point] paragraph 7 as follows:

A specialization for a function template, a member function template, or of a member function or static data member of a class template may have multiple points of instantiations within a translation unit, and in addition to the points of instantiation described above, for any such specialization that has a point of instantiation within the translation unit, the end of the translation unit is also considered a point of instantiation. A specialization for a class template...
Date: 2009-03-06.00:00:00

The intent is that it is a permissible implementation technique to do template instantiation at the end of a translation unit rather than at an actual point of instantiation. This idea is not reflected in the current rules, however.

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Date User Action Args
2014-03-03 00:00:00adminsetstatus: fdis -> c++11
2011-04-10 00:00:00adminsetmessages: + msg3397
2011-04-10 00:00:00adminsetstatus: tentatively ready -> fdis
2011-02-28 00:00:00adminsetmessages: + msg3237
2011-02-28 00:00:00adminsetstatus: drafting -> tentatively ready
2010-08-23 00:00:00adminsetstatus: open -> drafting
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