CWG Issue 2145 (original) (raw)
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2025-04-13
2145. Parenthesized declarator in function definition
Section: 9.6.1 [dcl.fct.def.general]Status: CD4Submitter: Richard SmithDate: 2015-06-19
[Adopted at the June, 2016 meeting.]
According to 9.6.1 [dcl.fct.def.general] paragraph 2,
The declarator in a function-definition shall have the form
D1 ( parameter-declaration-clause ) cv-qualifier-seqopt ref-qualifieropt exception-specificationopt attribute-specifier-seqopt trailing-return-typeopt
However, in practice implementations accept a parenthesized declarator in a function definition.
Proposed resolution (April, 2016):
Change 9.6.1 [dcl.fct.def.general] paragraph 2 as follows:
The declarator inIn a function-definitionshall have the form,
D1 parameters-and-qualifiers trailing-return-typeopteither void declarator ; or_declarator_ ; shall be a well-formed function declarator as described in 9.3.4.6 [dcl.fct]. A function shall be defined only in namespace or class scope.