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2024-12-06


1502. Value initialization of unions with member initializers

Section: 9.4  [dcl.init]     Status: CD3     Submitter: Richard Smith     Date: 2012-05-06

[Moved to DR at the April, 2013 meeting.]

According to 9.4 [dcl.init] paragraph 7,

To value-initialize an object of type T means:

In an example like

  union U { int a = 5; };
  int main() { return U().a; }

this means that the value returned is 0, because none of the first three bullets apply. Should the “non-union” restriction be dropped from the second bullet?

Proposed resolution (October, 2012):

Change 9.4 [dcl.init] paragraph 7 as follows:

To value-initialize an object of type T means: