[class.conv.fct] Remove text "If a conversion function is a member function" #397
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…member function" A conversion function is always a member function. This text was incorporated from N2773 (Proposed Wording for Concepts) which added "associated functions" as non-member conversion functions, and should have been removed when the other Concepts wording was removed in N2960. See http://stackoverflow.com/a/23273284/923854 for more detail.
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@CaseyCarter: This PR needs to be rebased. @zygoloid: PTAL? |
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The problematic wording has been removed from the working paper, I believe in the resolution of DR1990. I'll close this now-unnecessary issue. |
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A conversion function is always a member function, as stated in this same paragraph ([class.conv.fct]/1). This text was incorporated from N2773 (Proposed Wording for Concepts) which added "associated functions" as non-member conversion functions, and should have been removed when the other Concepts wording was removed in N2960. See http://stackoverflow.com/a/23273284/923854 for more detail.
I believe the change is editorial. Since the premise of the conditional "If a conversion function is a member function" is necessarily true, the consequent is always true. Removing the text thus does not change the normative meaning of the standard, leaving it in place can only cause confusion.