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2024-11-11

53. Lvalue-to-rvalue conversion before certain static_casts

Section 7.6.1.9 [expr.static.cast] paragraph 6 should make it clear that when any of the "inverse of any standard conversion sequence" static_casts are done, the operand undergoes the lvalue-to-rvalue conversions first.

Proposed Resolution (10/00):

In 7.6.1.9 [expr.static.cast] paragraph 6, change

can be performed explicitly using static_cast subject to the restriction that the explicit conversion does not cast away constness (7.6.1.11 [expr.const.cast]), ...

to

can be performed explicitly using static_cast. The lvalue-to-rvalue (7.3.2 [conv.lval]), array-to-pointer (7.3.3 [conv.array]), and function-to-pointer (7.3.4 [conv.func]) conversions are applied to the operand. Such a static_cast is subject to the restriction that it does not cast away constness (7.6.1.11 [expr.const.cast]), ...