This is an unofficial snapshot of the ISO/IEC JTC1 SC22 WG21 Core Issues List revision 116a. See http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/ for the official list.

2024-12-19

1950. Restructuring description of ranks of conversion sequences

The structure of 12.2.3 [over.match.viable] paragraph 3 is of the form

• X is better than Y if

• condition 1, or, if not that,

• condition 2, or, if not that,

• ...

It would be better to de-bullet this description, define the conditions, and then say, “X is better than Y if condition 1, condition 2, ...” This would also avoid the awkward “or, if not that,” phrasing.

Rationale (November, 2014):

CWG expressed a preference for the existing structure of this paragraph over the suggested rewrite. The change from “or, if not that,” to “otherwise” can be handled editorially, if desired.