Created on2012-03-08.00:00:00 last changed143 months ago
[Moved to DR at the April, 2013 meeting.]
Proposed resolution (October, 2012):
Change 9.2.9.3 [dcl.type.simple] paragraph 2 as follows:
Theauto specifier is a placeholder for a type to be deduced(9.2.9.7 [dcl.spec.auto]). The othersimple-type-specifiers specify either a previously-declareduser-definedtype, a type determined from anexpression, or one of the fundamental types (6.9.2 [basic.fundamental]). Table 10 summarizes the valid combinations ofsimple-type-specifiers and the types they specify.
Change 7.3 [conv] paragraph 4 as follows:
[Note: For
user-definedclass types,user-defined conversions are considered as well; see 11.4.8 [class.conv]. In general, an implicit conversion sequence(12.2.4.2 [over.best.ics]) consists of a standard conversionsequence followed by a user-defined conversion followed by anotherstandard conversion sequence. —end note]
Change the example in 12.2.2.3 [over.match.oper] paragraph 1as follows:
... void f(void) { const char* p= "one" + "two"; // ill-formed because neither // operand hasuser-definedclass or enumeration type int I = 1 + 1; // Always evaluates to2 even if //user-definedclass or enumeration types exist which // would perform the operation. }The Standard uses the phrase, “user-defined type,” but itis not clear what it is intended to mean. For example,16.4.5.2.1 [namespace.std] paragraph 1 says,
A program may add a template specialization for any standard librarytemplate to namespacestd only if the declaration depends on auser-defined type...
Are types defined in the Standard library “user-defined?”
9.2.9.3 [dcl.type.simple] paragraph 2 says,
Theauto specifier is a placeholder for a type to be deduced(9.2.9.7 [dcl.spec.auto]). The othersimple-type-specifiers specify either a previously-declareduser-defined type or one of the fundamental types (6.9.2 [basic.fundamental]).
implying that all non-fundamental types are “user-defined.”
A definition is needed, as well as a survey of uses of the term toensure consistency with the definition.

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| 2014-03-03 00:00:00 | admin | set | status: drwp -> cd3 |
| 2013-10-14 00:00:00 | admin | set | status: dr -> drwp |
| 2013-05-03 00:00:00 | admin | set | messages: +msg4365 |
| 2013-05-03 00:00:00 | admin | set | status: ready -> dr |
| 2012-11-03 00:00:00 | admin | set | messages: +msg4041 |
| 2012-11-03 00:00:00 | admin | set | status: open -> ready |
| 2012-03-08 00:00:00 | admin | create | |