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2024-10-26

289. Incomplete list of contexts requiring a complete type

[Moved to DR at October 2002 meeting.]

6.3 [basic.def.odr] paragraph 4 has a note listing the contexts that require a class type to be complete. It does not list use as a base class as being one of those contexts.

Proposed resolution (10/01):

In 6.3 [basic.def.odr] paragraph 4 add a new bullet at the end of the note as the next-to-last bullet:

• a class with a base class of type T is defined (11.7 [class.derived]), or