Title
is_within_lifetime should mandate is_object
Status
new
Section
[meta.const.eval]
Submitter
Corentin

Created on 2024-08-09.00:00:00 last changed 4 months ago

Messages

Date: 2024-08-11.11:03:50

Proposed resolution:

This wording is relative to N4988.

  1. Modify [meta.type.synop], header <type_traits> synopsis, as indicated:

    […]
    // [meta.const.eval], constant evaluation context
    constexpr bool is_constant_evaluated() noexcept;
    template<class T>
    consteval bool is_within_lifetime(const Tauto*) noexcept;
    
  2. Modify [meta.const.eval] as indicated:

    template<class T>
    consteval bool is_within_lifetime(const Tauto* p) noexcept;
    

    -?- Mandates: is_object_v<T> is true.

    -3- Returns: true if p is a pointer to an object that is within its lifetime ([basic.life]); otherwise, false.

    -4- Remarks: During the evaluation of an expression E as a core constant expression, a call to this function is ill-formed unless p points to an object that is usable in constant expressions or whose complete object's lifetime began within E.

Date: 2024-08-09.00:00:00
int f();
std::is_within_lifetime<int()>(f);

This is currently well-formed, and only fails when evaluated because is_within_lifetime is not constrained. However talking of lifetime of a non-object does not make sense, and the lack of constraint makes the implementation and use of that function and underlying built-in more convoluted than necessary.

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