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2024-12-19

1583. Incorrect example of unspecified behavior

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

Currently, 6.9.1 [intro.execution] paragraph 3 says,

Certain other aspects and operations of the abstract machine are described in this International Standard as unspecified (for example, order of evaluation of arguments to a function).

However, the order of evaluation of function arguments is no longer “unspecified;” instead, their value computations are unsequenced. A better example of unspecified behavior is needed.

Proposed resolution (April, 2013):

Change 6.9.1 [intro.execution] paragraph 3 as follows:

Certain other aspects and operations of the abstract machine are described in this International Standard as unspecified (for example, order of evaluation of arguments to a function evaluation of expressions in a new-initializer if the allocation function fails to allocate memory (7.6.2.8 [expr.new])). Where possible...