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2024-10-26

1991. Inheriting constructors vs default arguments

[Adopted at the October, 2015 meeting as P0136R1.]

The creation of inheriting constructors does not, but should, consider the default arguments of constructors in the inheriting class. For example,

  struct A {
    A(int, int);
  };

  struct B : A {
    using A::A;
    B(int, int, int = 0); // does not suppress creation of B(int, int) from A(int, int)
  };