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2025-10-11
Subclause 6.1 [basic.pre] paragraph 7 specifies:
A variable is introduced by the declaration of a reference other than a non-static data member or of an object. The variable's name, if any, denotes the reference or object.
Does this mean that non-type template parameters of class type are variables? Better not.
Possible resolution (January, 2025) [SUPERSEDED]:
Change in 6.1 [basic.pre] paragraph 7 as follows:
A non-template-parameter declaration is a declaration that is not a type-parameter or parameter-declaration of a template-parameter. A variable is introduced by the non-template-parameter declaration of a reference other than a non-static data member or of an object. The variable's name, if any, denotes the reference or object.
Possible resolution (per CWG reflector review starting 2025-03-18):
Change in 6.1 [basic.pre] paragraph 7 as follows:
A variable is introduced by the declaration D of a reference other than a non-static data member or of an object, where D is not the parameter-declaration of a template-parameter. The variable's name, if any, denotes the reference or object.