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2024-12-06
[Voted into WP at October, 2009 meeting.]
9.4.3 [dcl.init.string] paragraph 1 says,
A char array (whether plain char, signed char, or unsigned char), char16_t array, char32_t array, or wchar_t array can be initialized by a string-literal (optionally enclosed in braces) with no prefix, with a u prefix, with a U prefix, or with an L prefix, respectively...
This formulation does not allow for raw and UTF-8 literals.
Proposed resolution (July, 2009):
Change 9.4.3 [dcl.init.string] paragraph 1 as follows:
A char array (whether plain char, signed char, or unsigned char), char16_t array, char32_t array, or wchar_t array can be initialized by astring-literal (optionally enclosed in braces) with no prefix, with a u prefix, with a U prefix, or with an L prefixnarrow character literal, char16_t string literal, char32_t string literal, or wide string literal, respectively; successive, or by an appropriately-typed string literal enclosed in braces. Successive characters of thestring-literalvalue of the string literal initialize thememberselements of the array. [Example: ...