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2025-11-03

2881. Type restrictions for the explicit object parameter of a lambda

[Accepted as a DR at the June, 2024 meeting.]

Subclause 7.5.6.2 [expr.prim.lambda.closure] paragraph 5 restricts the type of an explicit object parameter of a lambda to the closure type or classes derived from the closure type. It neglects to consider ambiguous or private derivation scenarios.

Proposed resolution (approved by CWG 2024-06-26):

1. Change in 7.5.6.2 [expr.prim.lambda.closure] paragraph 5 as follows:

   Given a lambda with a lambda-capture, the type of the explicit object parameter, if any, of the lambda's function call operator (possibly instantiated from a function call operator template) shall be either:

   • the closure type
   • a class type publicly and unambiguously derived from the closure type, or
   • a reference to a possibly cv-qualified such type.

2. Add a new bullet after 13.10.3.1 [temp.deduct.general] bullet 11.10:

   • ...
   • Attempting to create a function type in which a parameter has a type of void, or in which the return type is a function type or array type.
   • Attempting to give to an explicit object parameter of a lambda's function call operator a type not permitted for such (7.5.6.2 [expr.prim.lambda.closure]).

CWG 2024-06-26

The following example is not supported by the proposed resolution and remains ill-formed:

  int main() {
    int x = 0;
    auto lambda = [x] (this auto self) { return x; };
    using Lambda = decltype(lambda);
    struct D : private Lambda {
      D(Lambda l) : Lambda(l) {}
      using Lambda::operator();
      friend Lambda;
    } d(lambda);
    d();
  }