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Can we find a better name for "promoted arithmetic type"? #2665

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timsong-cpp opened this issue Feb 9, 2019 · 3 comments · Fixed by #3591
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Can we find a better name for "promoted arithmetic type"? #2665

timsong-cpp opened this issue Feb 9, 2019 · 3 comments · Fixed by #3591
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The term "promoted arithmetic type" is defined by [over.built]p2 to mean "promoted integral types and all floating-point types". It seems suboptimal to say that float is a "promoted arithmetic type" when it is subject to (floating-point) promotion to double.
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jensmaurer commented Feb 10, 2019 •
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Is this sufficiently editorial? Does it matter sufficiently (we're talking about a local definition in [over.built])? What's the new name?

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I don't have a great alternative name right now (or I'd have suggested it). Given that the term appears to be only used four times and all in this subclause, perhaps we can just substitute the definition in those uses and remove the term altogether?

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jensmaurer commented Jun 5, 2019 •
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Editorial meeting: Not enthusiastic about a change in this area. Go with Tim's expansion suggestion for now.

p13: "L and R are each...", also p27

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[over.built] Avoid confusing term 'promoted arithmetic type'. jensmaurer/draft
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