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2024-10-26
[Adopted as a DR at the November, 2019 meeting.]
According to 7.6.19 [expr.ass] paragraph 3,
If the left operand is not of class type, the expression is implicitly converted (7.3 [conv]) to the cv-unqualified type of the left operand.
Since the second operand of an assignment operator can now be an initializer-clause, the referent of “expression” is unclear.
See also issue 1542.
Proposed resolution (May, 2019): [SUPERSEDED]
Change 7.6.19 [expr.ass] paragraph 3 as follows:
If the left operand is not of class type and the right operand is an assignment-expression, theexpressionassignment-expression is implicitly converted (7.3 [conv]) to the cv-unqualified type of the left operand.
Proposed resolution (October, 2019):
Change 7.6.19 [expr.ass] paragraph 3 as follows:
The expressionIf the right operand is an expression, it is implicitly converted (7.3 [conv]) to the cv-unqualified type of the left operand.