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2024-04-18

2489. Storage provided by array of char

[Accepted as a DR at the February, 2023 meeting.]

According to 6.7.2 [intro.object] paragraph 3,

If a complete object is created (7.6.2.8 [expr.new]) in storage associated with another object e of type “array of N unsigned char” or of type “array of N std::byte” (17.2.1 [cstddef.syn]), that array provides storage for the created object if...

However, note 4 in paragraph 13 indicates that a char array can also provide storage:

An operation that begins the lifetime of an array of char, unsigned char, or std::byte implicitly creates objects within the region of storage occupied by the array.

[Note 4: The array object provides storage for these objects. —end note]

The normative text and the note should be reconciled.

Proposed resolution (approved by CWG 2023-02-09):

Change in 6.7.2 [intro.object] paragraph 13 as follows:

An operation that begins the lifetime of an array of char, unsigned char, or std::byte implicitly creates objects within the region of storage occupied by the array.