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What "temporary variable" is? #2215

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languagelawyer opened this issue Jun 27, 2018 · 4 comments
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What "temporary variable" is? #2215

languagelawyer opened this issue Jun 27, 2018 · 4 comments

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[conv]/3, [conv]/4, [conv]/6 and [expr.static.cast]/4 are using this term combination of words. What does it mean?
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jwakely commented Jun 27, 2018

Does [class.temporary] not help?

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No, it does not.

@jensmaurer jensmaurer added the decision-required A decision of the editorial group (or the Project Editor) is required. label Jun 29, 2018
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Editorial meeting: Normative wording seems wrong. We don't say what the scope and lifetime of the temporary variable is. Also, there might not be a temporary to start with (just a prvalue that initalizes something else eventually). The word "temporary" is problematic here, it's loaded plus the temporary (object) is not created at this point. Say "invented" or "hypothetical" variable t, and "would be well-formed".

@jensmaurer jensmaurer removed the decision-required A decision of the editorial group (or the Project Editor) is required. label Nov 6, 2018
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[tuple.creation] just means "temporary objects".

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