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2024-10-26
[Accepted as a DR at the February, 2023 meeting.]
Subclause 11.4.6 [class.copy.assign] paragraph 13 does not specify the semantics of a defaulted move assignment operator:
The implicitly-defined copy assignment operator for a union X copies the object representation (6.8.1 [basic.types.general]) of X. ...
In contrast, the corresponding rule for move constructors is present in 11.4.5.3 [class.copy.ctor] paragraph 15:
The implicitly-defined copy/move constructor for a union X copies the object representation (6.8.1 [basic.types.general]) of X. ...
Proposed resolution (approved by CWG 2023-01-27):
Change in 11.4.6 [class.copy.assign] paragraph 13 as follows:
The implicitly-defined copy/move assignment operator for a union X copies the object representation (6.8.1 [basic.types.general]) of X. ...