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2024-11-11

1093. Value-initializing non-objects

[Voted into the WP at the February, 2012 meeting; moved to DR at the October, 2012 meeting.]

9.4 [dcl.init] paragraph 7 only describes how to initialize objects:

To value-initialize an object of type T means:

However, 7.6.1.4 [expr.type.conv] paragraph 2 calls for value-initializing prvalues, which in the case of scalar types are not objects:

The expression T(), where T is a simple-type-specifier or typename-specifier for a non-array complete object type or the (possibly cv-qualified) void type, creates a prvalue of the specified type, which is value-initialized (9.4 [dcl.init]; no initialization is done for the void() case).

Proposed resolution (August, 2011):

Change 7.6.1.4 [expr.type.conv] paragraph 2 as follows:

The expression T(), where T is a simple-type-specifier or typename-specifier for a non-array complete object type or the (possibly cv-qualified) void type, creates a prvalue of the specified type,which is value-initialized (9.4 [dcl.init] type, whose value is that produced by value-initializing (9.4 [dcl.init]) an object of type T; no initialization is done for the void() case). [Note:...