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2024-12-19

840. Rvalue references as nontype template parameters

[Voted into WP at October, 2009 meeting.]

Nontype template parameters are currently allowed to have rvalue reference type (13.2 [temp.param] bullet 4.3 just says “reference,” not “lvalue reference”). However, with the change of N2844 voted in (which prohibits rvalue references from binding to lvalues), I can't think of any way to specify a valid template argument for a parameter of rvalue reference type. If that's the case, should we restrict nontype template parameters to lvalue reference types?

Proposed resolution (July, 2009):

Change 13.2 [temp.param] paragraph 4, bullet 3 as follows:

• lvalue reference to object or lvalue reference to function,