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2024-10-26

1716. When are default arguments evaluated?

[Moved to DR at the February, 2014 meeting.]

According to 9.3.4.7 [dcl.fct.default] paragraph 9,

Default arguments are evaluated each time the function is called.

Obviously, what was intended by this is that the default argument is evaluated only if no corresponding actual argument is provided, but this could be read as indicating that the default argument is evaluated and discarded by every function call.

Proposed resolution (January, 2014):

Change 9.3.4.7 [dcl.fct.default] paragraph 9 as follows:

Default arguments are A default argument is evaluated each time the function is called with no argument for the corresponding parameter. The order of evaluation...