From 8997831237560874245 X-Google-Thread: f78e5,29281ac233e70edd,start X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gid7894ca11fe,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news2.google.com!news.glorb.com!news.alt.net From: Ricardo Costa Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Defect Report: Wording in 8.2-1 might be unclear (N3290) Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:53:18 CST Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 31 Sender: std-cpp-request@vandevoorde.com Approved: stephen.clamage@oracle.com Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 To: undisclosed-recipients:; Return-Path: X-Original-Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:21:15 -0700 (PDT) X-Submission-Address: std-c++-submit@vandevoorde.com Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.std.c++:3276 In 8.2 [dcl.ambig.res], the following is said: "1. The ambiguity arising from the similarity between a function-style cast and a declaration mentioned in 6.8 can also occur in the context of a declaration. In that context, the choice is between a function declaration with a redundant set of parentheses around a parameter name and an object declaration with a function-style cast as the initializer. Just as for the ambiguities mentioned in 6.8, the resolution is to consider any construct that could possibly be a declaration a declaration." The ambiguity it tries to solve is between a function declaration and an object declaration. Since both are declarations, stating that "the resolution is to consider any construct that could possibly be a declaration a declaration" might be unclear. I understand it refers to the function-style cast construct versus parameter declaration, but the text could be more explicit in this case. Regards, Ricardo Costa -- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try posting with your ] [ newsreader. If that fails, use mailto:std-cpp-submit@vandevoorde.com ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.comeaucomputing.com/csc/faq.html ]