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2024-12-06


1114. Incorrect use of placement new in example

Section: 6.7.3  [basic.life]     Status: C++11     Submitter: GB     Date: 2010-08-02

[Voted into the WP at the November, 2010 meeting.]

N3092 comment GB 18

The example in 6.7.3 [basic.life] paragraph 9 reads,

    struct B {
      B();
      ~B();
    };

    const B b;

    void h() {
      b.~B();
      new (&b) const B;  // undefined behavior
    }

Assuming that the placement new is intended to use the operator defined in the Standard library, the new-expression is ill-formed, because there is no implicit conversion from “pointer to const B” to void*.

Proposed resolution (August, 2010):

Change the example in 6.7.3 [basic.life] paragraph 9 as follows:

    ...
    new (const_cast<B *>(&b)) const B;  // undefined behavior
    ...