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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 commentedon Feb 10, 2019
Is this sufficiently editorial? Does it matter sufficiently (we're talking about a local definition in [over.built])? What's the new name?
timsong-cpp commentedon Feb 10, 2019
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?
jensmaurer commentedon Jun 5, 2019
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