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2024-11-11

993. Freedom to perform instantiation at the end of the translation unit

[Voted into the WP at the March, 2011 meeting.]

The intent is that it is a permissible implementation technique to do template instantiation at the end of a translation unit rather than at an actual point of instantiation. This idea is not reflected in the current rules, however.

Proposed resolution (January, 2011):

Change 13.8.4.1 [temp.point] paragraph 7 as follows:

A specialization for a function template, a member function template, or of a member function or static data member of a class template may have multiple points of instantiations within a translation unit, and in addition to the points of instantiation described above, for any such specialization that has a point of instantiation within the translation unit, the end of the translation unit is also considered a point of instantiation. A specialization for a class template...