3 Terms and definitions [intro.defs] (original) (raw)

3.1[defns.access]access

⟨execution-time action⟩ read or modify the value of an object

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Only glvalues of scalar type ([basic.types.general]) can be used to access objects.

Reads of scalar objects are described in [conv.lval] and modifications of scalar objects are described in[expr.assign], [expr.post.incr], and [expr.pre.incr].

Attempts to read or modify an object of class type typically invoke a constructoror assignment operator; such invocations do not themselves constitute accesses, although they may involve accesses of scalar subobjects.

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