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2024-11-11

2221. Copying volatile objects

Subclause 9.5.2 [dcl.fct.def.default] paragraph 1 specifies:

A function that is explicitly defaulted shall

• ...
• have the same declared function type (except for possibly differing ref-qualifiers and except that in the case of a copy constructor or copy assignment operator, the parameter type may be “reference to non-const T”, where T is the name of the member function's class) as if it had been implicitly declared,
• ...

Therefore, the following code is ill-formed:

  struct S
  {
   int i;
   S(const S&) = default;
   S(const volatile S&) = default; // ill-formed
  };

  volatile S s1;
  S s2(s1);

However, C.7.7 [diff.class] paragraph 2 mentions the ability to default such a constructor:

If volatile semantics are required for the copy, a user-declared constructor or assignment must be provided. [ Note: This user-declared constructor may be explicitly defaulted. —end note]

Notes from the November, 2016 meeting:

This issue is to be resolved editorially and is placed in "review' status until the corresponding change appers in a working draft.

Additional note (February, 2022):

The change has been applied editorially with commit 219538.