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2026-05-08

3168. Issues with integer conversion ranks

(From submission #856.)

First, the rule about the conversion rank of signed integer types wrongly implies that char, if it is signed, would be a signed integer type.

Second, the rule about the conversion rank of bool allows it have a greater rank than extended integer types.

See also WG14 paper N3747.

Proposed resolution (approved by CWG 2026-05-08):

Change in 6.9.6 [conv.rank] paragraph 1 as follows:

Every integer type has an integer conversion rank defined as follows:

• No two signed integer types other than char and signed char (if char is signed) have the same rank, even if they have the same representation.
• ...
• The rank of char equals the rank of signed char and unsigned char.
• The rank of bool is less than the rank of all standard other integer types.
• The ranks of char8_t, char16_t, char32_t, and wchar_t the character types equal the ranks of their corresponding underlying types (6.9.2 [basic.fundamental]).
• ...