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2025-12-20
Note that destructors suffer from similar problems as those ofconstructors dealt with inissue 194and in263 (constructors asfriends). Also, the wording in 11.4.7 [class.dtor],paragraph 1 does not permit adestructor to be defined outside of the memberlist.
Change 11.4.7 [class.dtor], paragraph 1 from
...A special declarator syntax using an optionalfunction-specifier(9.2.3 [dcl.fct.spec]) followed by~ followed bythe destructor's class name followedby an empty parameter list is used to declare the destructor in aclass definition. In such a declaration, the~ followed by thedestructor's class name can be enclosed in optional parentheses; suchparentheses are ignored....
to
...A special declarator syntax using an optional sequence offunction-specifiers (9.2.3 [dcl.fct.spec]),an optional friend keyword, an optionalsequence offunction-specifiers (9.2.3 [dcl.fct.spec])followed by an optional::scope-resolution-operator followed by an optionalnested-name-specifier followed by~followed by the destructor's classname followed by an empty parameter list is used to declare thedestructor. The optionalnested-name-specifier shall not be specifiedin the declaration of a destructor within the member-list of the classof which the destructor is a member. In such a declaration, theoptional:: scope-resolution-operator followed by an optionalnested-name-specifier followed by~ followed by the destructor's classname can be enclosed in optional parentheses; such parentheses areignored....
Proposed resolution:
This issue is resolved by the resolution ofissue 1435.