CWG Issue 2016 (original) (raw)

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2025-04-13

2016. Confusing wording in description of conversion function

Section: 11.4.8.3 [class.conv.fct]Status: CD4Submitter: Daniel KrüglerDate: 2014-10-05

[Moved to DR at the October, 2015 meeting.]

The statement in 11.4.8.2 [class.conv.ctor] paragraph 1,

No return type can be specified.

is confusing, since a conversion operator has a return type. It would be more precise to phrase the restriction in terms of the permissible decl-specifier_s in the function's_decl-specifier-seq. The next sentence is also problematic,

If a conversion function is a member function, the type of the conversion function (9.3.4.6 [dcl.fct]) is “function taking no parameter returning _conversion-type-id_”.

as it implies that a conversion function might not be a member function.

Proposed resolution (May, 2015):

This issue is resolved by the resolution ofissue 1990.